Endocrine Today Current Issue

The following articles appeared in the print edition of Endocrine Today.
Table of Contents
- Care potentially hindered by ‘daunting’ patient needs, shortage of endocrinologists
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- Weighing risks and benefits of social media shows its effect as professional tool
- FDA approves injectable testosterone for hypogonadism
- FDA approves Myalept for treatment of lipodystrophy
- FDA delays approval of new drug application for empagliflozin
- Ultrasound can predict extrathyroidal extension Stephanie L. Lee, MD, PhD, ECNU
- Most Hispanic women unaware of their diabetes risk
- Vitamin D3 lower in premenopausal women with autoimmune thyroid disease
- Phthalates used as plasticizers affect male fertility
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- Thyroid disease triggered earlier use of insulin in type 2 diabetes
- Cognitive behavioral therapy improved treatment adherence, HbA1c in diabetes, depression
- Depression, eating disorders associated with diabetes
- Diabetes increased incident stroke risk in women
- FDA, EMA: Claims that incretin mimetics cause cancer lack data
- Hyperandrogenism induced proinflammatory response to glucose
- Increased aminoterminal C-type natriuretic peptide may predict adverse events in pregnancy
- Increased solutes led to ESRD in type 2 diabetes
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- Intervention improved weight loss, maintenance in adolescents
- Long-term GH therapy improved body composition, muscle in Prader-Willi syndrome
- Men, blacks less likely to consider bariatric surgery
- Moderate weight loss may reduce triiodothyronine, influence thyroid homeostasis
- Novel method developed for estimating insulin sensitivity
- PCOS increased risk for CVD, obesity
- Pituitary adenoma growth rate influenced by multiple factors
- Pregnancy may cause papillary microcarcinoma enlargement
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- Satiety sensitivity may explain predisposition to childhood obesity
- Stereotactic radiosurgery yielded favorable remission of acromegaly
- Tibial nerve decompression failed to improve painful diabetic polyneuropathy
- TSH, free T3:T4 ratios increased after discontinuation of levothyroxine
- WHO: Fast food regulations could slow prevalence of obesity
- Midlife-onset diabetes may lead to brain atrophy, cognitive impairment
- Exercise during pregnancy prevented weight gain, other conditions
- Amenorrhea due to anorexia remains difficult to treat
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- Flame retardants pose risk for endocrine disruption
- Indications of pubertal timing found through epigenetics
- Management of pediatric hypoparathyroidism carries renal abnormality risks
- Targeted PCOS screening more cost effective than universal screening