Endocrine Today Current Issue

The following articles appeared in the print edition of Endocrine Today.

Table of Contents

• For transgender patients and providers, fertility preservation options bring choices, concerns
• FDA safety warning: Patients, caregivers withdrawing insulin from pens Ariane O. Conrad, PharmD BCACP CDE FISMP; Hina Mehta, PharmD
• A conversation with John P. Kirwan, PhD
• Collaborations between PCPs, community, needed to tackle obesity epidemic
• Metabolic syndrome: A key predictor of diabetes, CVD
• 1-hour glucose value predicts CV morbidity, mortality in healthy men
• 2 studies underscore high CV risk in primary aldosteronism, despite treatment
• AACE, ACE announce updated type 2 diabetes algorithm
• ACE inhibitors, statins do not reduce CV risks in adolescents with type 1 diabetes
• All-cause, CV mortality similar with intensive vs. standard BP lowering in diabetes
• All-cause, CVD mortality tied to 25-(OH)D concentrations
• Calcium, vitamin D supplementation do not increase CV risks
• Calcium, vitamin D supplementation fail to reduce fracture risk
• Cardiac dysfunction may predict mortality in type 2 diabetes, acute coronary syndrome
• Chinese visceral adiposity index useful marker for cardiometabolic risk in adult GH deficiency
• Despite declines in sugar-sweetened beverage intake, consumption stable among Hispanics
• Despite increased intervention, pregnancy complications persist in women with diabetes
• Diabetes, high BMI cause nearly 6% of cancers worldwide
• Diabetes increases breast cancer mortality risk
• Early HT initiation not linked to stroke risk in postmenopausal women
• Early menarche, other reproductive factors increase risk for CVD
• Eating yogurt plus more fruits, vegetables reduces hip fracture risk in women
• Endocrine-disrupting chemicals necessitate emphasis on iodine nutrition in breast-feeding mothers
• ESRD incidence decreasing in type 1 diabetes
• European guideline addresses treatment of aggressive pituitary tumors, carcinomas
• Exercise improves disease severity biomarkers in type 1 diabetes
• Fracture rate in Turner syndrome comparable to healthy adolescent girls
• Fracture rate similar with DPP-IV inhibitors, sulfonylureas
• Home-based exercise program improves quality of life after thyroidectomy
• Increased diabetes prevalence persists in acromegaly, even after remission
• Injectable birth control may raise HIV infection risk by 40%
• Iodine deficiency may lead to pregnancy delays
• Lactation duration tied to diabetes risk
• Levothyroxine treatment does not alter pregnancy outcomes
• Long-term adherence to LDL targets lacking in type 1 diabetes
• Maternal hypothyroidism may influence risk for neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring
• Mild thyroid dysfunction may lead to unexplained infertility
• Modifiable factors explain difference in type 2 diabetes incidence between blacks, whites
• Once-daily glucocorticoid therapy improves immune, metabolic function in adrenal insufficiency
• Prenatal air pollution exposure linked to infant weight gain in girls
• Prescriptions, PCP contacts, hospital admissions rise with increasing BMI categories
• Social jet lag, sleep disturbances increase overweight risk in children
• Sucrose octasulfate wound dressing may speed healing in diabetic foot ulcers
• Survey: Physicians rate weight-loss medications, surgery less effective than lifestyle in obesity management
• Transsphenoidal adenomectomy outcomes worse in premenopausal women with acromegaly
• Type 1 diabetes risk unaffected by cutting cow’s milk consumption in infants
• Type 2 diabetes linked to metabolic health in obesity
• Weight-loss diet programs prevent premature mortality in adults with obesity
• VIDEO: Timing of pregnancy weight gain may influence child’s obesity, disease risks
• Should — and could — uterine transplantation be an option for transgender women?