Diabetes
Top in endocrinology: Diabetes tied to redlining; weighing costs of immune therapies
Diabetes is more common in historically redlined neighborhoods, and residents of those neighborhoods have higher exposure to adverse social factors like discrimination, poverty, decreased food access and unemployment, researchers said.
Social factors may inform CV risk assessment for certain Asian American subgroups
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.
Similar health costs after gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy for adults with diabetes
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.
Intervention reduces systolic BP, daily sitting time in older adults
An intervention reduced daily sitting time and systolic BP among older adults, according to results of a randomized controlled trial published in JAMA Network Open.
More competition, access could reduce prices for diabetes therapies
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.
Lifestyle intervention had little impact on eGFR slope in patients with type 2 diabetes
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 diagnosed with mild autonomous cortisol secretion more likely to develop CKD
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.
Oral roflumilast treatment may induce weight loss in patients with psoriasis
Treating psoriasis with oral roflumilast may induce weight loss, positioning the drug as a potentially attractive alternative for patients with psoriasis, according to a study.
Testosterone therapy does not improve most psychosocial measures for men with hypogonadism
Testosterone replacement therapy did not improve most quality of life and psychosocial measures for men with pathological hypogonadism who were at high risk for type 2 diabetes, according to study findings.
BLOG: My colleague experienced real-life consequence of daylight savings time change
This year is the first that I did not write a post on the weekend of the biannual daylight savings time change since the launch of this blog. In each earlier post, I aimed to raise awareness about health risks due to the time change.