Endocrine Today Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• New international sports rules concerning women’s hormone levels raise competitive, ethical concerns
• Helping people with diabetes navigate the OTC aisle
• CDC: 14% of US adults have diabetes, many unaware of disease status
• Changes in meal timings may reduce body fat
• Diabetes diagnoses more prevalent among confirmed smokers
• Early engagement, intervention ‘crucial’ for children diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
• Fracture risk genetically correlated to BMD
• Obesity, weight change may predict trajectory of childhood sleep-disordered breathing
• Physicians hesitant to prescribe vulvar atrophy treatment to breast cancer survivors
• Prenatal exposure to air pollution may influence newborn thyroid function
• Prolonged, high HbA1c may increase dementia risk in type 1 diabetes
• Recommended upper limits for vitamin D, calcium associated with hypercalciuria
• Risk factor modification can reduce, eliminate excess mortality, CVD risk in type 2 diabetes
• Sodium confers CV risks only with large consumption
• Vaginal candidiasis more likely with real-world use of SGLT2 inhibitors vs. clinical trials
• AADE Diabetes Educator of the Year champions person-centered language
• ASCEND: Aspirin, omega-3 supplements fail for primary prevention in diabetes
• Evolocumab shows CV benefit in metabolic syndrome
• National, Medicare Diabetes Prevention Programs can ‘turn the tide,’ but awareness needed
• New diabetes technology options can ease disease management, but education key
• No excess CV risk with lorcaserin for weight loss
• Professional CGM offers diabetes educators chance to capture missing patient data
• Stigma complicates online interactions in diabetes community
• Very high HDL raises risk for MI, death
• Should men with symptoms of low testosterone — but without hypogonadism — be prescribed testosterone therapy? Regina Schaffer