Endocrine Today Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Experts push to move ‘beyond HbA1c’ as main measure of diabetes outcomes
• Expertise, education, compassion needed for successful obesity practice
• Bone-coupling researcher receives ASBMR achievement award
• ACTIVE: Abaloparatide reduces fracture risk in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis
• Changes in body weight, fitness influence CVD incidence in type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes duration related to fracture risk in women
• Diet quality does not affect relationship between television time, BMI in adolescents
• Duodenal mucosal resurfacing confers short-term benefits in type 2 diabetes
• Early intervention after metformin failure improves HbA1c goal attainment
• Fracture risk highest for children, adolescents with osteogenesis imperfecta
• Glycemic index unreliable predictor of glucose response in healthy adults
• HbA1c more sensitive than OGTT for identifying prediabetes
• High-normal TSH levels tied to all-cause mortality
• Hyperprolactinemia more common in hyperthyroidism than euthyroidism
• Increased nighttime, daytime light exposure may affect obesity parameters
• Long-term exenatide once weekly shows efficacy, tolerability in type 2 diabetes
• Overdiagnosis accounts for increased thyroid cancer incidence
• Oxytocin may improve metabolic control in men with obesity
• Poor insulin adherence tied to dissatisfying interactions with physicians
• Season of birth affects risk for Addison’s disease
• Severe periodontitis tied to type 2 diabetes
• Thyroid imaging identifies cancer recurrence, may not increase survival
• Vasomotor symptom trajectory varies by patient characteristics
• Angiopoietin-like protein 2 levels may predict all-cause death, major CV adverse events
• Call to action seeks to address ‘crisis’ in treatment of osteoporosis
• Call to action seeks to address ‘crisis’ in treatment of osteoporosis
• Depression rates high in type 2 diabetes internationally
• Discrete strategies to reduce unhealthy food choices may improve diet quality
• Elevated serum irisin associated with free testosterone in adolescents with PCOS
• Gastric bypass surgery confers risk for growth restriction, mineral deficiencies in neonates
• Genes, environment interact to increase obesity risk in adults
• Gestational, pregestational diabetes linked to poor neonatal outcomes
• Liraglutide effective for delaying type 2 diabetes progression
• Liraglutide more effective than sitagliptin for overall type 2 diabetes management
• Seasonal variation associated with gestational diabetes diagnosis
• UK commercial pilots prescribed insulin can fly safely
• Use of newer glucose-lowering drugs, combinations increasing in Denmark
• Cardiovascular implications of newer obesity medications Debra J. Barnette, PharmD; Anne M. Kome, PharmD
• What metrics should be considered beyond HbA1c to best measure diabetes outcomes?