Endocrinology News

Building community partnerships, having community specialists within a care team and using screening tools are all necessary steps to identifying and addressing social needs, according to experts.

How does a physician “retire well”? That answer, unsurprisingly, has been changing over time. Historically, physicians were inclined toward an early retirement, hanging up their white coats in their 50s or early 60s.

Among transgender adults who received gender-confirming care as adolescents, those living in transgender-supportive states are less likely to avoid health care than those who live in unsupportive states, according to study data.

ATLANTA — A remote, team-based approach with immediate initiation of necessary medications improved guideline-directed medical therapy use at 6 months for patients with diabetes at high CV or renal risk, researchers reported.

A set of newly identified genetic risk factors tied to the development of type 2 diabetes could eventually lead to the discovery of genotypes that allow providers to identify people at highest risk for complications.

Adults who undergo surgery to treat hyperparathyroidism have similar rates of fracture after surgery as healthy controls, according to data published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Insulin out-of-pocket caps were associated with reduced insulin costs but not increased insulin use, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Individuals with obesity have long felt stigmatized and shamed in health care settings.

Using an electronic health record algorithm and practice facilitators in primary care did not reduce hospitalizations in adults with chronic kidney disease, type 2 diabetes and hypertension, according to results of a study.

A new study of more than 185,000 children showed no association between acetaminophen use in pregnancy and a risk for neurodevelopmental disorders in children, including autism and ADHD, according to results published in JAMA.