Insulin-Like Growth Factor I

Among adults with controlled acromegaly, postmenopausal women had higher growth hormone levels than men despite similar insulin-like growth factor I levels, according to study data.

Among children diagnosed with ADHD, low doses of ADHD medications did not affect thyroid or growth hormone levels, according to study data.

Adults with acromegaly are more likely to experience a vertebral fracture than those without the disease, and high growth hormone levels increase fracture risk, according to study data from Italy.

An international panel reached consensus for pre- and postoperative endocrine testing to manage adults undergoing transsphenoidal surgery, including measurement of prolactin and insulin-like growth factor I levels for all pituitary tumors.

Adults treated for acromegaly at a medical center in Turkey do not have an increased risk for cancer compared with the general population, according to study findings published in Endocrine Practice.

Adults with active thyroid eye disease assigned the human monoclonal antibody teprotumumab experienced improvements in disease outcomes that persisted nearly 1 year after receiving the last trial dose, new study data show.

Adults with acromegaly assigned an investigational oral form of the somatostatin analogue octreotide maintained a biochemical response at 36 weeks achieved with previous injection therapy with no serious adverse events, according to findings from the OPTIMAL study accepted for presentation at the Endocrine Society Annual Meeting.

Higher on-treatment serum insulin-like growth factor I levels may be associated with higher all-cause mortality risk among adults with acromegaly receiving the growth hormone blocker pegvisomant, according to findings from a worldwide database analysis.

Consumption of high amounts of dairy products appeared to be associated with increased risk for prostate cancer, according to results of a retrospective study published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.

by Deanne Mraz Robinson, MD