Endocrine Today Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• ‘Food addiction’ may explain why patients overeat despite obesity-related disease
• CDC: New diabetes diagnoses decreased from 2009 to 2014
• Increase in juveniles seeking transgender HT spurs need for more research
• The mystery of prescription drug prices Richard O. Dolinar, MD
• Power of the theater can enhance the provider–patient encounter
• Endocrinology Drug Update
• Incidental hypermetabolic, 18F-FDG-avid thyroid nodule on PET scan
• Adiposity linked to better response to GH treatment in small for gestational age children
• Air pollution increases CVD risk in women with diabetes
• Amputation rate drops among patients with diabetes
• Blood tests may offer alternative to ‘highly invasive’ adrenal venous sampling
• Cut-off value to diagnose primary aldosteronism may be higher than previously recommended
• Diabetes remission rate higher after gastric bypass vs. medical therapy
• Endocrine impairment common in Erdheim-Chester disease
• Insulin sensitivity increases with testosterone therapy in men with type 2 diabetes
• Job strain not associated with weight gain, obesity risk
• Levothyroxine ingested at breakfast may improve adherence
• Low testosterone in men raises risk for atherosclerosis
• Markers of glucose, lipid metabolism affected by in utero, peripubertal EDC exposure
• Maternal iodine status may affect childhood IQ
• Metformin fails to improve HbA1c in adolescents with type 1 diabetes, overweight
• Metformin may improve CV risk profile in patients at risk for diabetes
• Moderate-intensity statins may reduce heart failure in type 2 diabetes
• More sitting time at work contributes to weight gain
• Pancreatic triacylglycerol reduction may improve type 2 diabetes insulin response
• Patients report nonadherence, fear of adverse effects with glucocorticoid therapy
• Premenopausal women with idiopathic osteoporosis may need antiresorptive therapy after Forteo
• Progesterone therapy fails to prevent miscarriage
• Sildenafil may improve insulin sensitivity in prediabetes
• ‘Social jetlag’ raises risk for metabolic disease in healthy adults
• Studies on psychosocial effects after GH treatment for short stature exhibit bias
• Sulfonylurea, warfarin combination may increase serious hypoglycemic events
• Tailored health goals reduce mortality in women, not men, with type 2 diabetes
• Taller women at increased risk for fracture
• Updated UK diabetes guideline stresses individualized care
• Urinary pH linked to renovascular disorder in diabetes
• Weight increase in infants associated with type 1 diabetes
• Breast-feeding reduces diabetes incidence in mothers, offspring
• Early weight loss with liraglutide predicts long-term success
• ‘Energy shots’ raise glucose, insulin levels in healthy teens
• Pregnancy complications, miscarriage rates high among TODAY study participants