Metabolic Disorder

PHILADELPHIA — In addition to COPD, patients frequently have other chronic diseases on top of their lung disease, including type 2 diabetes and osteoporosis, according to a presentation at the 2024 GOLD COPD International Conference.

The FDA has approved Lamzede, an enzyme replacement therapy for non-central nervous system manifestations of alpha-mannosidosis in adult and pediatric patients, Chiesi Global Rare Diseases announced in a press release.

Updates to the 1991 NIH statement on gastrointestinal surgery for severe obesity include recommendations for metabolic and bariatric surgery, BMI threshold adjustments and consideration of surgery for children and adolescents.

In girls with premature adrenarche, early uterine and breast gland tissue changes were detectable with imaging, and endometrial thickness was positively associated with insulin levels, according to study findings.

In this video exclusive, Yehuda Handelsman, MD, FACP, FNLA, FASCP, MACE, talks with Vivian A. Fonseca, MD, about new multispecialty practice recommendations developed by the Diabetes, CardioRenal Metabolic Diseases Task Force.

The presence of metabolic disorders appeared significantly linked to cognitive deficits among individuals with schizophrenia, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry.

The FDA approved fosdenopterin injection, a first-in-class treatment to reduce risk for death due to molybdenum cofactor deficiency type A, a rare, genetic, metabolic disorder that typically presents in the first few days of life.

LOS ANGELES — A brain counter-regulatory mechanism may be at play in weight loss plateaus with GLP-1 receptor agonists.