Endocrinology News

Childhood amblyopia, or “lazy eye,” was associated with increased likelihood of cardiometabolic risk factors in adulthood and a potential for increased risk for heart attack and death, researchers reported.

Adults who develop hypoparathyroidism after a total thyroidectomy have an increased risk for all-cause mortality compared with the general population, but only if the indication for their surgery was cancer, according to study data.

Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with Katelyn O’Brien, PharmD, BCPS, CDCES, BC-ADM, about situations in which an ultra-long-acting insulin may be a good choice.

GLP-1 receptor agonists come with known adverse events — some common and some rare — but recent reports by the public of alopecia and suicidal ideation have the FDA investigating.

An online obesity treatment and maintenance program resulted in significant weight loss among primary care patients, according to findings from a randomized study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Along with type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia and thrombosis, the cardiometabolic diseases of obesity, hypertension and heart disease form a complex triad that poses significant risks to the health of individuals.

People living in extreme poverty had a higher prevalence of heart disease risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, smoking, obesity and dyslipidemia than previously thought, according to an analysis of people from 78 countries.

Adults with obesity who underwent bariatric surgery had improvements in multiple cardiometabolic measures after surgery, according to findings published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.

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Middle-aged adults who eat more plant-based foods and fewer animal-based products are less likely to develop incident diabetes, according to study findings published in Diabetes Care.