Endocrinology

New research in pigs indicates that exocrine pancreatic insufficiency may have unexpectedly large effects on the body composition of human children and that it alters hormone levels in ways that could lend themselves to new diagnostic tests.

Whether it is a parent concerned about their child's health or a doctor in a hospital looking to prevent the spreading of germs an alternative for a stethoscope could be a welcome addition to the health care field. With iPhones being a common tool in life bringing the two together could benefit people in many ways.

The US Food and Drug Administration recently approved the Fenix Continence Restoration System for the treatment of fecal incontinence for patients who have tried and failed other medical and surgical options.

Study results suggest that antihyperglycemic agents are too often inappropriately discontinued after hospitalization for type 2 diabetes mellitus, possibly to the detriment of patients.

According to findings published in Cell Stem Cell, the cause of gastrointestinal symptoms in type 1 diabetes has been discovered.

American and Chinese type 2 diabetes populations are at similar risk for memory impairment and dementia, according to researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.

Finding a way to treat acute kidney injury has been no easy task for the medical community. Now researchers are looking at whether a patient's own cells could be the key to providing the treatment they need.

People who take a common drug for type 2 diabetes may be at risk for serious drug interactions if they add the blood thinner warfarin to the mix.

Not only do women with type 2 diabetes have double the risk of cardiovascular disease compared with men, but they also need more frequent and intense physical activity to lower that risk.

Diabetic ulcers and necrosis on the foot may be associated with cognitive decline.

A powerful new drug discovery technique may have uncovered a candidate compound for treating type 2 diabetes.

Researchers in China retrospectively studied health records of 430,000 people age 50 years or older who had recently been diagnosed with diabetes to investigate the link between dementia risk and the severity and progression of diabetes.

New research from Japan indicates that exocrine pancreatic insufficiency after pancreatectomy may be 1 of several factors that indicates an elevated risk of postoperative hepatic steatosis.

A new study suggests that bone material strength index (BMSi) is weakly associated with spine and hip areal bone mineral density (aBMD) but not with prevalent fracture in women.

Study results suggest that C-reactive protein levels might be used as a biomarker to determine the severity of diabetic retinopathy. To this point, such a connection has remained controversial.

What if exercise could prevent dementia? A growing body of observational (but not interventional) research suggests that physical activity seems to be associated with vigorous cognitive aging.

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is now the most common hepatic pathology in developed nations. Public health officials are worried, as NAFLD increases the likelihood of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease.

Researchers say that patients using YouTube videos to obtain advice about their peripheral nerve pain are being misguided about half of the time.

Part of an ongoing series that takes a high-level look at the positions of the leading nominees for President when it comes to political issues potentially impacting physicians, this installment focuses on Donald Trump.

Part of an ongoing series that takes a high-level look at the positions of the leading nominees for President when it comes to political issues potentially impacting physicians, this installment focuses on Jeb Bush.

There are pros and cons to giving patients once-weekly injections of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs), a new group of drugs to treat type 2 diabetes.

When a medical condition is paired with another, it could make for a trickier situation. New research found that some diseases can significantly impact platelet function while others appear to have no effect.

A recent study suggests that high salt intake is closely associated with elevated risks of developing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

With the amount of information we are hit with day in and day out, our minds need a way of quickly triaging it. This is what stereotyping does. But let's not confuse stereotyping with prejudice. The latter is negative and the former doesn't have to be.

Cystic fibrosis patients who lose pancreatic function are failing to avail themselves of operations that could replace their damaged organs and restore their ability to digest food and manage blood sugar.

A small study examines the possibility of using GLP-1 RAs to improve ventricular ejection fraction in patients with STEMI.

GLP-1 RAs are effective for glycemic control, but can a phase II study show the drug is also effective for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis?

Vitamin D insufficiency among the elderly is highly correlated with accelerated cognitive decline and impaired performance, particularly in domains such as memory loss that are associated with Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

Increasing daily intake of walnuts has been linked to lower cholesterol levels, overall weight, and quality of diet.

When teenage boys in Sweden were required to take part in the conscription process for the country's armed forces only a small percentage were considered overweight or obese. As a result researchers were able to make a connection between those patients and those who developed serious liver disease later in life.