Endocrine Today Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• ‘Epidemic’ of cancer diagnoses attributable to better thyroid imaging
• Laws protect children with diabetes at school Anastasia Albanese-O'Neill, PhD ARNP CDE; Crystal C. Jackson
• AACE, ACE: DKA infrequent with SGLT2 therapy
• Chronic stress in parents can lead to obesity in children
• Physician groups support proposed FDA biosimilar naming convention, but also call for maker ID
• ThyraMIR, ThyGenX may be effective for thyroid nodule diagnosis
• Imaging technique reveals primary mediastinal goiter Stephanie L. Lee, MD, PhD, ECNU
• Acromegaly cardiomyopathy may be less prevalent than previously reported
• ADA ‘tremendously disappointed’ with recent USPSTF diabetes screening recommendations
• Adults with hyperthyroidism likely to receive disability benefits
• Basal insulin peglispro may improve glycemic control in type 2 diabetes
• Beta-cell function indicates prospects for diabetes remission after weight-loss surgery success
• Changes in lipid-lowering therapies suggest intolerance common in type 2 diabetes
• Chronic short sleep, long sleep raise risk for type 2 diabetes in older women
• Circadian system, not sleep behavior patterns, influence diet-induced thermogenesis
• Daily insulin dose unlikely contributor to CV mortality in ACCORD
• Depression, stress tied to increased CV death risk in diabetes
• Diabetic foot infection incidence declines 52% in 15-year span
• Earlier diagnosis needed to understand long-term effects of PCOS
• Early probiotic exposure may decrease islet autoimmunity risk in children
• Estradiol-mediated effects on insulin action depend on timing of postmenopausal HT
• Estrogen priming may improve HPO axis function in women with obesity
• Extended home use of artificial pancreas safe, effective for adults with type 1 diabetes
• Insulin pumps improve blood glucose control in children with type 1 diabetes
• Lactate levels higher, heart rate lower after exercise in women with type 2 diabetes
• Lifetime risk for prediabetes, diabetes increases with BMI, waist circumference
• Lixisenatide may reduce glucagon, epinephrine in type 2 diabetes without impairing hypoglycemia response
• Long-term variability in HbA1c, BP raises CVD risk in type 2 diabetes
• Low-fat diets fail to lead to long-term weight loss
• Marketplace insurance plans often lack access to in-network specialists
• Maternal BPA levels affect sex-specific weight, gestational length
• Maternal thyroid dysfunction may lead to poor school performance in adolescents
• Moderate wine intake may reduce cardiometabolic risk in adults with diabetes
• Mortality risk remains high for certain patients with type 2 diabetes
• NAMS: Physicians should warn against compounded hormones’ ‘false claims’
• New guideline stresses benefits of HT for menopausal symptoms
• New tools calculate absolute risk for blindness, amputation in adults with diabetes
• Oophorectomy does not reduce link between CVD, diabetes in postmenopausal women
• Personalized diets may alleviate elevated glucose levels
• Postmenopausal HT, diabetes may increase dementia, cognitive impairment risk
• Protein-based weight-loss diet modifies metabolic syndrome symptoms
• Removing processed sugar without cutting calories improves health of obese kids
• Sex hormone-binding globulin a risk factor for cardiometabolic morbidity
• Significant increase in prescription drug use found among US adults
• Standing more may decrease obesity, metabolic syndrome risk
• Subclinical hyperthyroidism increases frailty risk in older men
• Targeted therapy may improve glycemic control in youth-onset type 2 diabetes
• Thyroid cancer diagnosis, treatment linked to decreased quality of life
• Two specific diets may alter gut microbiota, protect against type 2 diabetes
• Unilateral andrenalectomy may be valid first-line treatment for Cushing’s syndrome
• Vitamin D level changes linked to modifiable lifestyle factors
• Vitamin D supplementation improves menstrual intervals in women with PCOS
• Bariatric surgery reduces national health care costs
• Bethesda system for reporting thyroid cytopathology effective
• Clinician-patient communication lacking in primary care management of obesity
• Consumers: Just tell us what to eat
• Despite guideline revisions, total thyroidectomy often still needed in well-differentiated thyroid cancer
• Eating home-prepared meals more frequently lowers diabetes risk
• Fifty-Fifty Study: Peer group support proves beneficial for CV health
• Genetic variants common, predictive in poorly differentiated, anaplastic thyroid cancers
• Group medical visits improve metabolic outcomes, increase patient satisfaction
• Heritability of PCOS provides clues for metabolic risk
• Highly walkable neighborhoods reduce incident hypertension by half
• Hyperthyroidism linked to rehospitalization, CV morbidity
• Hyperthyroidism may increase dementia risk in women
• Levothyroxine therapy decreases low birth weight in subclinical hypothyroidism
• Lower body fat percentage, insulin level may enhance cognitive decision making
• Mortality remains high for patients with non-functioning pituitary macroadenoma
• Postfracture survival rate worse in adults with diabetes
• Progress of PCSK9 inhibitors displays power of human genetics in finding future therapies
• Quick, inexpensive urine test may better identify adrenal cancers
• Receptor antagonist reduces luteinizing hormone, testosterone in PCOS
• Woman and obesity in the workplace: a fat ceiling replaces the glass ceiling
• Sugary drink intake affects cortisol response, adiposity in minority adolescents
• Survey shows wide variance in management of thyroid nodules
• Thermal imaging appears effective for measuring brown fat activity
• Weight loss, reversed comorbidities sustained 3 years after adolescent gastric bypass
• Reduce resistance to help patients adopt good diabetes self-management practices Eliot LeBow, LCSW, CDE