Endocrinology

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.

Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh found that women and men who underwent gastric bypass surgery underreported their post-operative weight by an average of 1 kg or less.

The risk calculator tool and recommendations included in the new American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) hyperlipidemia guidelines are open to significant debate.

Study results could help lead to better treatments for hypogonadism and other steroid hormone disorders.

Following an extended review of safety data that showed no elevated risk of heart attack or death in patients taking rosiglitazone, the FDA announced it is lifting certain restrictions on the prescribing and dispensing of the drug.

Although they had more cardiovascular comorbidities, patients with atrial fibrillation and diabetes experienced rates of ischemic stroke comparable to those in AF patients without diabetes.

Researchers reported finding large differences in the incidence rates of major cardiovascular disease across a broad range of immigrant groups to Canada.

Study results confirm the validity of the Seattle Angina Questionnaire section focusing on chronic angina frequency, showing it correlated strongly with patients' daily diary entries regarding angina frequency and medication use.

Study results presented at AHA 2013 show that nearly half of patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) are at high risk of discontinuing their medications. However, patients taking novel anticoagulants such as dabigatran or rivaroxaban were less likely to stop their medications.

Study looks at an integrated care model for treating bipolar depression that incorporates a multidisciplinary care team, individualized lifestyle interventions, focused patient education, weight loss and nutrition counseling, and efforts to promote treatment adherence.

Study results show hyponatremia is closely associated with all-cause mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), but few previous studies have examined this relationship.

Presentation at the 2013 Southern Hospital Medicine Conference reviewed the clinical application of several key risk indices, including the Revised Cardiac Risk Index and the Vascular Study Group of New England Risk Index.

Endocrinologist Pavan Chava, DO, discusses available methods to prolong glycemic control in hospitalized diabetics while avoiding hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia.

Researchers discover that metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with poorer executive function (EF), but the syndrome's components aren't additive.

As it's impossible to predict which traumatic brain injury patients will develop hypopituitarism, improving awareness of the condition is vital.

Oxytocin has great potential to become a next-generation peptidyl drug target for obesity and diabetes.

New evidence suggests that physical activity and drug interventions are similar in terms of mortality benefits in the secondary prevention of congestive heart failure (CHF), rehabilitation after stroke, treatment of heart failure, and prevention of diabetes.

Results of a randomized controlled trial demonstrate that a long-term, supervised, moderate-intensity exercise training program for chronic heart failure patients can produce improvements in hospital readmission and survival rates.

Conversations about healthful eating between parents and students are associated with a lower prevalence of disordered eating behaviors in adolescents, while conversations about weight result in a higher prevalence of those behaviors.

The intensive lifestyle intervention used in type 2 diabetes patients in the Look AHEAD trial was deemed futile over time.

A recent statistical analysis on postmenopausal women has evaluated the association between self-reported daily sitting time and the incidence of type 2 diabetes.

Results from a small study show that vemurafenib is an effective and well-tolerated treatment option for patients with BRAF V600E-positive papillary thyroid cancer.

Case study shows ultrasound-guided percutaneous ethanol ablation is a well-tolerated and effective option for patients with thyroid cancer who elect not to undergo thyroidectomy.

Radiofrequency ablation and percutaneous laser ablation are both effective and safe for the management of benign thyroid nodules, with no significant differences in nodule volume reduction between the two techniques.