Endocrine Today Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• As insulin prices rise, endocrinologists confront growing crisis
• Behavioral economics finds the right triggers for diabetes prevention Tryggvi Thorgeirsson, MD, MPH
• At Issue: The complexity of insulin’s high cost
• Task force advice against thyroid cancer screening ‘appropriate and timely’
• Diabetes, foot disease expert wins international award from ACE
• Exercise in type 1 diabetes must minimize complications, optimize glucose utilization
• Acromegaly worsens quality of life despite disease control
• Childhood obesity quadruples risk for type 2 diabetes
• Consistent bedtimes at age 3 years may reduce obesity risk
• Cost, need for reoperation raise questions about gastric band effectiveness
• DCCT: Glucose variability not associated with development, progression of microvascular complications
• Delayed diagnosis, poor quality of life observed in familial chylomicronemia syndrome
• Early childhood sleep duration associated with HDL cholesterol in later childhood
• Endocrine Society issues clinical practice guideline on functional hypothalamic amenorrhea
• Hair analysis may identify Cushing’s syndrome
• Health care expenditure burden high in adrenal insufficiency
• Intervention may reduce driving mishaps in high-risk adults with type 1 diabetes
• Life expectancy low in MEN1 duodenopancreatic neuroendocrine tumor liver metastases
• Liraglutide lowers pancreatitis risk in type 2 diabetes
• Low food security associated with higher HbA1c, insulin use in type 2 diabetes
• Lower health-related quality of life observed in patients with Addison’s disease, Cushing’s syndrome
• Management before thyroidectomy may lead to complications in patients
• Meta-analysis: Artificial pancreas systems improve glucose control in type 1 diabetes
• Oral contraceptives may lower general well-being in healthy women
• Parathyroid hormone levels not associated with mortality in older women
• Physical function improves with weight loss plus aerobic, resistance exercise
• Pituitary-testis axis function may improve with GnRH in congenital combined pituitary hormone deficiency
• Primary aldosteronism incidence low in type 2 diabetes
• Resveratrol, placebo comparable for pain management in endometriosis
• Stimulated postoperative thyroglobulin levels can predict DTC disease status
• Subclinical hypothyroidism increases miscarriage risk
• VTE in women may suggest inappropriate prescriptions of combined hormonal contraceptives
• Basal cortisol elevated in patients with ACTH-staining pituitary macroadenoma
• Concurrent milk ingestion may affect oral levothyroxine absorption
• Doping more prevalent among nonathletes vs. elite competitors
• Endocrine surveillance required for patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors
• Flame retardants may affect PTC occurrence, severity
• Focus on ‘fracture syndrome,’ not osteoporosis, to prevent osteoporosis-related fractures
• Gut microbiota linked to HPA axis hormones
• Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry reveals lower vitamin D dose needed for bone health
• Many patients with osteoporosis not screened for vitamin D levels before treatment
• Many transgender adults would opt to preserve fertility
• Power in numbers: Precision medicine aims to revolutionize diabetes research
• New molecules may offer next-generation treatment in prostate cancer