Endocrine Today Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Fractures present an under-recognized complication of diabetes
• First artificial pancreas approved, challenges still to come
• MrOS continues to shed light on osteoporosis, fractures in men
• Public, professional education needed about type 1 diabetes symptoms Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES
• High-dose biotin supplement can interfere with common laboratory tests James Robert Brennan, MD FACE; Stephanie L. Lee, MD, PhD, ECNU
• Acromegaly associated with late-onset diabetes
• Adiponectin level may serve as predictor of subclinical Cushing’s syndrome
• After ‘rapid increase,’ anti-osteoporosis prescriptions decline for UK women
• Antenatal steroid therapy appears to benefit extremely preterm infants
• Bacterial, fungal infections more common in type 2 diabetes
• Bariatric surgery reverses hypogonadism in men with severe obesity
• Better compliance with vaginal tablets than creams among postmenopausal women
• Blood glucose fluctuations associated with dementia in type 2 diabetes
• Congenital adrenal hyperplasia increases hypertension risk
• Dementia risk increases in adults with subclinical hyperthyroidism
• Discontinuation of diabetes medications common
• Duration of depressive episodes, recovery periods shorten with recurrence in type 2 diabetes
• Endocrine Society: Hormone replacement should reach natural levels in hypopituitarism
• Five new guidelines highlight signs, symptoms of life-threatening endocrine emergencies
• Fully automated diabetes intervention improves physical activity, eating habits
• Initiating HT may prompt transgender women to quit smoking
• Job insecurity may increase diabetes risk
• Levothyroxine does not increase mortality risk in hypothyroidism, CVD
• Metformin associated with increased risk for acute dialysis in type 2 diabetes
• Phthalates, BPA may reduce vitamin D levels
• Revised AACE/ACE guideline urges evaluation, treatment for postmenopausal osteoporosis
• Routine glucometer readings in primary care a 'wasteful practice'
• Sex hormones fail to influence all-cause, CVD mortality in middle-aged men
• Sodium restriction increases risk for false negatives in primary aldosteronism screening
• Total, CVD mortality rates increase in young adults with type 1 diabetes
• Type 1 diabetes often accompanied by other autoimmune diseases
• Uncontrolled diabetes predictor for missed appointments
• AADE announces Lifetime Achievement Award winner
• Consistency, early treatment key in obesity interventions
• Elevated thyrotropin levels increase prematurity risk
• FRAME: Romosozumab reduces new vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis
• Gene expression classifier accurate for benign nodule detection
• Hypocalcemia management strategies differ among physicians after thyroidectomy
• Insulin therapy in 2017: More options, but greater costs may limit use
• Older women report satisfaction with their sex lives
• Opportunities, challenges shape the landscape of lipid management
• Pregnancy loss, preterm delivery reduced with levothyroxine therapy
• Sleep duration, quality contribute to CVD risk
• Thyroid cancer overdiagnosis raises questions about overtreatment
• Women still uninformed about menopausal vulvar symptoms, treatments
• Women’s sexual satisfaction increases with changing attitudes
• Given that patients with type 2 diabetes often have normal or even high BMD, should they be treated for bone fragility?