Metabolic Syndrome

SAN ANTONIO — Higher concentrations of some phthalate and plasticizer metabolites were associated with higher odds of metabolic syndrome in U.S. adolescents and young adults, according to an analysis presented at ObesityWeek.

Time-restricted eating can improve the health of individuals with metabolic syndrome, who are on the precipice of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and other health complications, according to an expert.

BOSTON — Behavioral modification with diet and exercise demonstrated similar weight-loss benefits vs. other pharmaceutical and surgical approaches to obesity management, but patients must remain adherent, a speaker reported.

DENVER — For women with polycystic ovary syndrome and overweight or obesity, neither oral contraceptive pills nor metformin altered the characteristic markers of metabolic syndrome, either alone or in combination, researchers reported.

In adults living with HIV, those with three or more metabolic risk factors had a higher risk for developing new-onset diabetes than those without any risk factors, according to new findings from the REPRIEVE trial.

Historically, much of the medical conversation around polycystic ovary syndrome, which affects 5% to 20% of women worldwide, has centered on fertility, but the condition extends far beyond reproductive health.

A county-level assessment of deaths from cardio-kidney-metabolic disease and social determinants of health revealed that particular determinants are more or less important in different U.S. regions, researchers reported in JAMA.

Adults with lower cognitive scores before kidney transplantation had similar kidney function, hospital length of stay and readmission and death rates as those with higher pre-transplant scores, according to study data.

Novo Nordisk announced that monlunabant, a novel small molecule oral cannabinoid receptor 1 inverse agonist, was associated with weight loss in a phase 2a study of people with obesity and metabolic syndrome.

BMI in the overweight or obese range for both women and men during preconception or early pregnancy was linked to time to pregnancy success and miscarriage risk, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.