Endocrinology News

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease is a public health threat, affecting 30% to 38% of the adult population globally. The prevalence has risen in parallel with epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Millions of dollars have been spent trying to find medications that could treat this complex disorder. The focus has been on drugs for more severe disease, as it leads to complications, and early stages have been somewhat ignored.

As their parents age, many of our physician clients have asked us about long-term care insurance.

Two fracture risk assessment tools incorporating femoral neck bone mineral density did not outperform femoral neck BMD alone for predicting hip fractures among adults aged 80 years and older, according to study data.

People who delayed diabetes through diet and exercise for at least 4 years after their prediabetes diagnosis had a lower risk for death and other adverse outcomes vs. those who were diagnosed with diabetes during that time, a study showed.

Combined SGLT2 inhibitor and GLP-1 receptor agonist therapy could provide additional cardiovascular and renal benefits for adults with type 2 diabetes, according to data from a meta-analysis published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

CMS has released its proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, or PFS, which includes a 2.93% cut in physician payments from the previous year, according to a press release.

The FDA declined to approve once-weekly basal insulin icodec for the treatment of diabetes and is requesting more information from Novo Nordisk, according to a company press release.

About 40% of cancer cases and nearly half of cancer deaths among U.S. adults aged 30 years or older can be attributable to modifiable risk factors, according to a study led by American Cancer Society researchers.

An AI model achieved higher accuracy than three cytopathologists for determining malignancy in a large dataset of image patches of thyroid fine-needle aspiration whole-slide images, according to a study published in Thyroid.