Top in endocrinology: Health effects of indoor lighting, oxytocin in hypersexual disorder

A new study found that brighter indoor lighting during the day and dimmer lighting in the evening may provide cardiometabolic benefits such as lower glucose and improved energy expenditure. It was the top story in endocrinology last week.

Another top story was about an analysis that showed men with hypersexual disorder had higher levels of oxytocin than men without the disorder.

Read these and more top stories in endocrinology below:

Bright indoor lighting during day may lower glucose, improve energy expenditure

Optimizing indoor lighting to be brighter during daytime hours and dimmer in the evening may provide cardiometabolic benefits, according to study findings published in Diabetologia. Read more.

Increased oxytocin levels observed in men with hypersexual disorder

Men with hypersexual disorder have higher levels of oxytocin compared with men without the disorder, and behavioral therapy to resolve hypersexual disorder was linked to reductions in oxytocin, according to study data. Read more.

Heart failure biomarker linked to greater HFrEF risk for women with early menopause

Risk for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction due to elevated N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels is higher for women with early menopause compared with those without early menopause, according to study data. Read more.

Survey: Most adults satisfied with bariatric surgery, would pursue earlier

Impaired physical health and reduced quality of life, among other considerations, were main decisive factors for adults with obesity to pursue bariatric surgery, according to data published in Clinical Obesity. Read more.

Link between leptin, type 2 diabetes risk differs by gestational diabetes history

Four body fat-related biomarkers are linked to risk for type 2 diabetes for parous women; for one of these, the association differs by gestational diabetes status, researchers found. Read more.