Endocrinology

Until recently, it was unclear whether high-protein diets accelerate renal disease in susceptible individuals - including the roughly half of all diabetics who experience complete renal failure as a result of elevated glucose levels overworking the kidneys.

A review assembled by investigators from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital specifically focuses on endocrine and metabolic complications in childhood cancer survivors.

Though dialysis patients have a greater risk for thyroid disorders due to uremic toxins, protein malnutrition, and inflammation, the prevalence of those disorders and their impact on cardiovascular (CV) events and mortality have not been investigated.

As the prevalence of overweight and obese patients continues to surge, an efficacious pharmacological treatment for obesity is desperately needed in everyday clinical practice.

A new study estimates the costs of treating atrial fibrillation as well as the comparative costs of treating it with warfarin and newer oral anticoagulants.

Female pattern hair loss (FPHL) is a distressing and overwhelming affliction that eludes diagnosis, and as time marches on, it is less likely to be remediable.

Researchers estimate 43% of the roughly 3.1 million kidney stone episodes among US diabetics are related to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), while another 680,000 cases may result from poor glycemic control.

Peer wellness coaches benefit from diabetes self-management support (DSMS) just as much as the patients they coach.

Medical advances related to the diagnosis and management of cystic fibrosis (CF) have allowed CF patients to live considerably longer. But with that greater life expectancy, new complications have emerged.

While insulin pumps immensely improve glycemic control, most type 1 diabetes patients who use them experience problems from time to time, and those mistakes or malfunctions can threaten their health.

While some patients diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) undergo a condition metamorphism to Graves' disease (GD), the cause of the autoimmune syndrome switch is unknown.

Although only one in 10 Americans with eating disorders pursue care, US endocrinologists see many patients who suffer the long-term consequences of the conditions.

Physician offers insights on the role of testosterone supplementation in men with diabetes, and notes how clinical and managed care perspectives are integrated in practice.

In 2012, only one-fourth of children aged 12 to 15 years old engaged in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity for at least one hour daily, with boys being slightly more engaged than girls.

An absence of symptoms does not indicate benign behavior in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs), as nearly one-third of patients with incidental tumors present with advanced disease.

A recent study published online in the Journal of the American Heart Association discovered an association between cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cognitive decline in postmenopausal women between the ages of 65 and 79 years old.

Although testosterone supplementation has increased among older men in the past decade, study results show that many of these patients may not meet clinical guidelines for treatment.

While numerous patients require psychiatric interventions before and immediately after surgery, a new report addresses a different psychological process that can occur months or even years later: major quality-of-life (QOL) perception changes related to dramatic weight loss.

Revisit the articles from each medical specialty that attracted the most eyeballs in 2013.

The European Association for the Study of the Liver published their updated Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of the hepatitis C virus, which includes updates regarding people who inject recreational drugs.

Examining evidence on vitamin D deficiency in elderly and young populations expands the hormone's clinical knowledge base.

Regulating testosterone (T) levels in men with hypogonadism for up to 5 years results in sustained reductions in body weight and waist circumference.

Researchers at Tufts University have published a timely review of the cranberry's phytochemical composition with emphasis on urinary and cardiovascular heath.

Results from an eight-year study in Taiwan demonstrated that antiviral treatment for hepatitis C virus infection is associated with improved renal and cardiovascular outcomes in diabetic patients.

A researcher from the University of Central Florida Medical School addresses many concerns and misperceptions of fructose-containing sugars.

A diagnosis of obesity-related hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (OrHH) does not reduce the efficacy of bariatric surgery in men.

Though automated clinical reminders sent to physicians have produced notable results in diabetes management, a Mayo Clinic study found they do not improve weight loss in overweight and obese patients.

A mini-symposium called "Food for Thought" explored multiple factors associated with obesity, including the environment's role in obesity development, sedentary lifestyles and metabolic dysregulation, and the bidirectional relationship between the brain and peripheral signals and responses.

A retrospective analysis of the association between cancer and diabetes found that patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are more than 30% more likely to develop cancer than their counterparts who do not have T2DM.

New-onset diabetes mellitus incidence is lower in living donor liver transplant (LDLT) recipients than in deceased donor liver transplant (DDLT) recipients.