Endocrinology News

An expert panel released the first consensus statement on performance measures to identify remission and evaluate the effectiveness of lifestyle treatment medications.

Adults with hyperthyroidism who undergo surgery or receive radioactive iodine therapy have a lower risk for major adverse cardiovascular events than those receiving antithyroid drugs, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

The impact of social determinants of health on cardiovascular risk factors may vary across Asian American subgroups such as Filipino, Asian Indian, Chinese and other Asian populations, researchers reported.

Adults with type 2 diabetes have a reduction in overall health care costs after bariatric surgery, regardless of whether they underwent gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy, according to study findings published in Obesity.

The prolonged use of certain progestogen hormone drugs — such as medrogestone, medroxyprogesterone acetate and promegestone — increased the risk for developing intracranial meningioma, according to data published in The BMJ.

Adults with obesity for 20 years or more who received tirzepatide had a similar reduction in body weight and waist circumference as adults with shorter obesity duration, according to a post hoc analysis of four SURMOUNT trials.

Prices for most diabetes medications exceed their manufacturing costs, and the addition of generic or biosimilar medications could help to lower prices, according to study findings published in JAMA Network Open.

The number one financial goal for most physicians is getting to a comfortable retirement on their own timeline and with the lifestyle they want.

Intensive lifestyle intervention did not significantly change eGFR slope during 10 years in patients with type 2 diabetes and preserved kidney function, researchers found in a study.

Adults with mild autonomous cortisol secretion are more likely to have advanced chronic kidney disease at adrenal adenoma diagnosis than adults with a nonfunctioning adrenal adenoma, according to study data.