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CHICAGO — Food insecurity, a key social determinant of health, may contribute to the relatively higher rate of metabolic syndrome among U.S. Latina women, according to findings presented at ENDO 2023.

Among people who gave birth between 2014 and 2018, those who identified as transgender experienced similar rates of severe parental morbidity and preterm birth as cisgender parents regardless of insurance type, researchers reported in JAMA.

In this video exclusive, Jonathan D. Leffert, MD, talks with Richard J. Auchus, MD, PhD, FACE, about how to define primary hyperaldosteronism, the importance of screening and tips for treating the disease.

To achieve optimal outcomes in Cushing’s syndrome, both clinicians and patients need to be prepared for the type and duration of symptoms that patients may experience during treatment and recovery.

Most teens and young adults with advanced heart disease prefer patient-led, active decision-making to discuss treatment risks, prognosis and end-of-life care, whereas caregivers prefer parent/physician shared decision-making, data show.

Newborn drug testing for low-risk patients was ordered by clinicians more frequently for Black vs. white newborns both before and after legalization of recreational cannabis use, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Etranacogene dezaparvovec conferred superior bleed control for adults with moderate or severe hemophilia B compared with standard factor IX prophylaxis, according to results of the phase 3 HOPE-B study.

Among midlife women participating in a large longitudinal study, certain phthalate metabolites were associated with higher diabetes incidence over 6 years — but only among white women, according to data published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

One in eight adults aged 50 to 80 years demonstrated signs of addiction to highly processed foods over the past year, a survey by the University of Michigan’s National Poll on Healthy Aging found.

In 2020, CMS made a policy change to increase access to left ventricular assist devices. It could have unintended consequences in increasing disparities in who receives a heart transplant, according to a research team.