Endocrine Today Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• ‘Anti-aging’ claims overlook scientific evidence on hormones
• Discontinuation of HT may increase risk for hypertension
• Breakfast blues: When rapid-acting insulin is not fast enough
• FDA advisory panel split on safety of testosterone undecanoate
• Extraosseous calcified masses with hypercalcemia Sara M. Pietras, MD; Stephanie L. Lee, MD, PhD, ECNU
• 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D linked to poorer bone health in men
• Abdominal CT imaging useful in osteoporosis detection
• ADA, Endocrine Society release consensus statement on hypoglycemia, diabetes
• Chronic Care Model improved outcomes in diabetes management
• Cushing’s syndrome increased risk for coronary arterial atherosclerosis
• Dementia onset, mortality occurred earlier in diabetes
• Diabetes trials scrutinized in new analysis
• Group-based financial incentives promote more weight loss
• Hypertensive pregnancy disease increased vasomotor symptoms in menopause
• Metabolic inflexibility identified as a feature of PCOS
• No link between vitamin D status, offspring bone mineral content
• Obesity increased risk for adverse maternal, neonatal outcomes
• Online medical professionalism statement targets social media use
• Oral macimorelin effectively diagnosed adult GH deficiency
• Patient-centered decision making improved health outcomes
• Recombinant GH appears effective for Prader-Willi syndrome
• Sugar-sweetened drinks increased risk for type 2 diabetes by 22%
• Thyroid heterogeneity related to antithyroid antibodies in Hashimoto’s disease
• Vandetanib improved weight in patients with medullary thyroid cancer
• AACE comprehensive diabetes algorithm addresses 'broad nature' of disease
• Brown fat data expand, show promise in treatment of obesity
• Phentermine-topiramate improved CV risk factors through weight loss
• Radiofrequency superior to laser ablation in large thyroid nodules