Endocrinology

Patients with elevated blood sugar after heart surgery may need treatment tailored to their initial diabetes status.

Cushing’s disease, caused by excessive adrenocorticotropic hormone production from a pituitary adenoma, is rare and can be difficult for non-endocrinologists to diagnose. As it can cause other serious conditions getting a diagnosis as quickly as possible can be critical for the overall health of patients.

With doctors treating patients from across the spectrum, they are being asked to provide individualized treatment for a variety of conditions. Providing the care they need in the confines of their practice can be a challenge no matter where doctors work.

For some doctors, treating patients who are obese or overweight can take a certain soft touch that they may not be used to using in their practice

When a new medication is introduced to the market there are many questions that need to be answered to determine how successful they will be in patient care. How the medication is delivered and how much it costs the patient are among the most important.

With two medications moving through the pipeline, patients with diabetic kidney disease may soon get a new treatment to prevent their developing end stage kidney disease.

How did dulaglutide measure up when compared to metformin or sitagliptin, insulin, or other GLP-1 receptor agonists?

The CDC has seen a tremendous growth in acute HCV infection reports among patients undergoing hemodialysis.

More than 900 physicians who subscribe to MD Magazine’s email news took the time last week to answer a seven-question survey on whether physicians should play a role in curbing gun violence. Here are the ten most passionate responses, taken from both sides

Although bariatric surgery is currently the most effective treatment against obesity, only 1-2% of qualified patients are able to undergo this procedure due to limited access, patient choice, associated risks, and expensive costs.

A new randomized controlled trial hints that pancrelipase may do better than conventional pancreatic enzyme supplementation in protecting against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in pancreatic cancer patients who undergo pancreatoduodenectomy.

Just the thought of consuming fecal pills, one’s own or someone else’s, is enough to make people lose weight.

British research indicates that previous fracture appears to be associated with an increased likelihood of chronic widespread bodily pain, particularly with hip fractures in women, and spine fractures in both sexes.

One of the most important facilities in the American military medical system is Brooke Army Medical Center. As a level 1 trauma center and a key research facility the San Antonio institution plays many roles all with one goal in mind.

A nutritionist's odd diet may call into question much of what your patients are often told about the need to consume “healthy†foods to affect certain markers of health, such as body mass index and levels of “good†and “bad†cholesterol levels.

Ideally, patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, or obesity would take steps to address lifestyle factors. Often, their treatment teams are disappointed when these patients fail either to improve their diets or make healthy changes.

Gender dysphoria--a discrepancy between an individual's anatomic sex assigned at birth and the gender he or she identifies with--creates considerable internal distress. Affected individuals report strong desires to live as their preferred gender.

Despite research into several potential contraceptive methods for men more work remains to be done to find effective methods that could be introduced to the market.

Muslims engage in an obligatory, month-long, sunrise-to-sunset fast once a year during Ramadan. In 2005, the American Diabetes Association developed recommendations for managing diabetes during Ramadan. They updated the recommendations in 2010, and this document has become one of their more popular publications.

When patients who are socioeconomically deprived develop diabetes, the course of their illness is usually more complicated than that of patients who have better resources. Many of these patients have high levels of mental illness, multiple comorbidities, and unmet needs.

A new study suggests that caregivers who want to increase the use of pancreatic enzymes by young patients with cystic fibrosis should consider whether their parents need treatment for depression.

Studying new approaches to address organ donor shortage shows some positive results for uncontrolled donation after circulatory determination of death.

Processed, industrial foods are associated with an increased risk of development of autoimmune diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Testing for the CA 19-9 tumor marker is especially important for early stage pancreatic cancer patients, but only about 20% of patients receive the test, according to findings presented at the Western Surgical Association meeting in November 2015 in Napa, CA.

A trial of choline supplements in children with cystic fibrosis and pancreatic insufficiency found that supplements alter some amino acid concentrations but do not change methionine or homocysteine status.

Shockingly poor sales have led Sanofi to opt out of its deal to sell the inhalable insulin Afrezza for the company that developed it, a move that led shares of California-based Mannkind to fall 48% yesterday despite management’s promise to find a more effective marketing partner.

Using aripiprazole, commonly known as Abilify, in combination with older patients’ existing anti-depression treatment reduced depressive symptoms

Scientists have successfully transformed human skin cells to functional insulin-producing pancreatic cells.

Acne may be a sign of pre-diabetes, a study of young men with skin problems suggests.

Gut microbial makeup could be at fault for obesity and diabetes because of the liver’s fat processing methods, according to a study published in Cell Metabolism.