Endocrine Today Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Transgender patients seek endocrinology care more often, require more information
• Obesity epidemic: more than just overeating David S.H. Bell, MB, FACE, FACP
• Treating hyperparathyroidism with two extrathyroidal masses Stephanie L. Lee, MD, PhD, ECNU
• Afternoon exercise linked to next-day hypoglycemia in adolescents with diabetes
• Fatty fish consumption may improve lipid profile
• Atrasentan lowered albuminuria, BP for patients with type 2 diabetes
• Continuous handling of receipts increased BPA exposure
• Estradiol preserved brain metabolism in postmenopausal women at risk for dementia
• Estradiol reduces triglyceride levels in postmenopausal women
• Low prevalence of hypopituitarism found in traumatic brain injury
• Oophorectomy may increase bone loss, carotid intima-media thickness
• Short-term testosterone therapy failed to increase CV risk in women
• Sleep apnea severity predicted blood glucose levels
• Smaller thyroid volume related to higher TSH levels in euthyroid children
• Type 2 diabetes appears linked to brain degeneration
• Vitamin D offered negligible benefits on skeletal, nonskeletal outcomes
• Women with diabetes less likely to undergo mammogram screening
• Lawmakers call for endocrinologists’ support for sugary beverage legislation
• Experts debate cost-effectiveness of treatment, non-treatment of obesity
• Experts currently lack ability to 'meaningfully' define obesity
• 'More aggressive' obesity treatment urged for physicians
• Obesity consensus statement hopes to address gaps in knowledge, support comprehensive approach
• Physicians must acknowledge, accept multiple methods to treat obesity
• Targeting LDL particle number led to better CV outcomes
• Dapagliflozin offers differences from other SGLT2 inhibitors James R. Taylor, PharmD, CDE