The Endocrine Society

Patients with partial lipodystrophy-associated non-alcoholic steatohepatitis responded positively to metreleptin therapy, according to a study presented at ENDO 2017.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Brain response to images of high-calorie foods after consuming a test meal was greater in children with obesity vs. children of normal weight, suggesting a blunted central satiety response in the brain of those with excess body weight, according to study findings presented here.

ORLANDO, Fla. — In healthy adults, the time to peak glucose level during an oral glucose tolerance test is an indicator of beta-cell function independent of overall glycemic status, according to study data presented here.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Clinical journals have reported recently on the possible overdiagnosis and overtreatment of low-risk thyroid cancers, particularly papillary thyroid carcinoma. During a session convened at the Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, experts presented perspectives on the possible effects of assigning at least some of these cases a noncancer designation.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Recent genome-wide association studies have revealed some surprising links between genetic variants and a range of adolescent traits, from puberty timing to sexual behavior and even what are thought of as individual personality quirks, according to a speaker here.

ORLANDO, Fla. — In this video exclusive, Maria Fleseriu, MD, FACE, professor of medicine and neurological surgery at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, discusses updates in the management of acromegaly.

ORLANDO, Fla. — In this video exclusive, Megan R. Haymart, MD, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, discusses sessions targeted to members of the Endocrine Society as well as the American Association of Endocrine Surgeries, which was held concurrently with the ENDO meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Adults with obesity employed full time experienced weight loss and less job absenteeism after participating in an intensive, behavioral weight management program through their workplace, according to findings presented here.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Women prescribed systemic or local corticosteroids are more likely to develop metabolic syndrome compared with women who are nonusers, according to study results presented here.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Intrauterine exposure to metformin in children of mothers with polycystic ovary syndrome may increase head circumference at age 1 year and BMI at age 4 years compared with children whose mothers received placebo, according to a presenter here.