Insulin Glargine Recall; Obesity & Endometrial Cancer; Red Light for Testosterone? News and commentary from the endocrinology world Apr 20, 2022
How Often Does Prediabetes in Seniors Escalate to Full-Blown Disease? Study finds estimated annual progression rate to diabetes of 5.3% Apr 20, 2022
In Type 2 Diabetes, Metabolic Control Could Add Years to Life Controlling four biomarkers could add as much as a decade to life expectancy Apr 18, 2022
Which Anticonvulsant Mood Stabilizer Upped Diabetes Risk? Observational study looked at 5-year risk differences between four agents Apr 06, 2022
Cannabis-Exposed Babies Face Poorer Metabolic Health By age 5, fat mass and glucose levels show the impact Mar 31, 2022
Psoriasis Therapy Has Mixed Effects on Cardiovascular Risk Factors No reduction in vascular inflammation with apremilast but significant reduction in body fat Mar 30, 2022
GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: How Safe Are They for the Gallbladder? Link with gallbladder, biliary diseases could be due to weight loss associated with class of drug Mar 28, 2022
Stillbirth More Common for Mothers With Obesity Risk was also elevated for overweight mothers, study showed Mar 25, 2022
More Positive Imcivree Data; ICER Reviews Tirzepatide; SGLT2 Inhibitors for Syncope? News and commentary from the endocrinology world Feb 20, 2022
Gastric Bypass Most Cost-Effective for Severe Obesity, T2D? Modeling study compares Roux-en-Y, conventional medical therapy, and sleeve gastrectomy Feb 14, 2022
100,000 Diabetes Deaths; Light's Effect on Blood Sugar; Wegovy Supply Woes Continue News and commentary from the endocrinology world Feb 06, 2022
Gestational Diabetes Tied to Long-Term Cardiovascular Risks Chronic comorbidities partly explain risk, researcher says Feb 04, 2022
Semaglutide vs Liraglutide -- Which Induces More Weight Loss? The GLP-1 receptor agonists go head-to-head Jan 11, 2022
Weight-Loss Drug Wegovy Exceeded Expectations, and Supply Since its June approval, the injectable flew off shelves and into short supply Dec 29, 2021
Bariatric Surgery Linked to Protection Against Severe COVID-19 Obesity is a "modifiable risk factor" for severe COVID-19, researchers say Dec 29, 2021
Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes Fizzled for Preventing Obesity in Kids Real-world study found only modest benefit for adolescent girls in Mexico Dec 13, 2021
In America, the Average Young Adult Is Now Overweight Young adult BMI rose to over 27.5 in 2017-2018 Nov 23, 2021
Weight Loss Win for Weekly Injections of Novel Amylin Agent in Early Trial Cagrilintide at least on par with liraglutide after 26 weeks Nov 18, 2021
Mom's High BP Not a Driver of Offspring's Cardiometabolic Woes in Adulthood Mendelian randomization analysis supports greater role of environmental factors Nov 17, 2021
Blood-Based Biomarkers Prove Mettle in Liver Disease Diagnosis Data part of initiative to qualify biomarkers to help diagnose fibrosis or NASH Nov 15, 2021
New Jardiance Indication? Bariatric Surgery for NASH; ICER Reviews Tirzepatide News and commentary from the endocrinology world Nov 14, 2021
Pecans Appeared to Help Control Lipids in At-Risk Patients Fasting and post-meal cholesterol showed improvement, study found Nov 10, 2021
Some Babies Get Bad Start on Obesity Risk From Mom Obesity plus comorbid conditions linked to greater adiposity, study showed Nov 08, 2021
Paired Anti-Obesity Drugs May Help Teens Shed More Weight After Metabolic Surgery But phentermine/topiramate dose could be limited by side effects, researcher says Nov 07, 2021
Liraglutide After Gastric Bypass Helped Stave Off Weight Regain The GLP-1 receptor agonist kept patients closer to nadir weight versus lifestyle management alone Nov 04, 2021
Ghrelin Aids Weight Loss; FDA Says Cut Salt; More Bariatric Surgeries With Medicaid News and commentary from the endocrinology world Oct 17, 2021
Birth Control Pills May Curb PCOS-Related Diabetes Risk Retrospective results lay groundwork for potential preventive treatment option Oct 14, 2021
Fewer Deaths After Sleeve Gastrectomy Versus Gastric Bypass Authors estimate about 540 fewer deaths at 5 years if all patients chose sleeve Oct 06, 2021
Diabetes Risk With Breastmilk, Antidepressants, Weight Loss A roundup of noteworthy research from the EASD 2021 meeting Oct 04, 2021
Healthy Lifestyle Keeps Dementia at Bay in Patients With Diabetes Maintaining control of risk factors neutralized excess dementia risk Sep 29, 2021
$8B Price Tag for PCOS; Tymlos Label Update; Genetic Obesity Tx Seeks New Approvals News and commentary from the endocrinology world Sep 26, 2021
Prediabetes Tied to Doubled Risk of Major Depression in Dutch Study Check metabolic status of those with mood disorders and vice versa, researcher says Sep 23, 2021
Long-Term Costs, Outcomes of Sleeve Gastrectomy vs Roux-en-Y Unexpected findings in large-scale 4-year Canadian study Sep 09, 2021
ADT Options for Prostate Cancer Come Out Even for Heart Safety But low enrollment brought PRONOUNCE trial to an early close Aug 31, 2021
Combo GIP/GLP-1 Injectable Beats Insulin for A1c Reduction All doses of once-weekly tirzepatide better than insulin degludec for HbA1c reduction Aug 11, 2021
HIV Independently Tied to More Severe COVID-19 WHO analysis also shows higher risk for inhospital mortality Jul 18, 2021
Vascular Function: Another Benefit of Bariatric Surgery Macrovascular, microvascular gains accrue for nearly all patient groups Jul 12, 2021
Academic Cardiologists Singled Out for Gender Equality Problem Women still poorly represented, paid in procedural internal medicine specialties Jul 12, 2021
Resmetirom Delivers Promising Outcomes in NASH Without Invasive Follow-Up Real-world study also identifies noninvasive markers for treatment response Jun 29, 2021
Combo GIP/GLP-1 Drug Superior for HbA1c Reduction in T2D 40-week trial compared tirzepatide head-to-head with injectable semaglutide Jun 25, 2021