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Endocrinology

News, opinions and meeting coverage in endocrinology.

Pearls From: Walter C. Willett, MD, DrPH

Setting the record straight on the great butter debate

ECC Roundup: Breast Conservation Benefit Varies by Age

And other reports from the European Cancer Congress

FDA Warns on MRI in Patients with Implantable Pumps

Medication, mechanical issues may follow exposure

Creatine: Should Adolescents Be Taking It?

F. Perry Wilson, MD, looks at the science

Oral Treatment for T2D Tied to Renal Protection

SGLT2 inhibitor shows favorable effect on eGFR

New Hospital Care Model Cut Readmissions, Boosted Satisfaction

Specialists urged to reconnect with generalist roots

Timing of Meals Linked to Fatty Liver

Distributing calories during the day could reduce NAFLD risk

Gender May Make a Difference for Post-Bariatric Heart Risks

Study raises questions on how men and women respond to weight loss surgery

Weight Gain In When School's Out

Out-of-school factors appear to drive kids' overweight and obesity

FDA Warns of Testosterone Abuse

Adverse events tied to abuse include heart attack, heart failure, and stroke

U.S. Obesity Crisis: Is the Wrong Omega-X Mix Responsible?

Ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 in Western diet is 16:1

Gastric Bypass Tied to Increased Risk for C. Diff Infection

May be result of decreased stomach acid secretion

Clinton's Hypothyroid Medication Draws Interest

Candidate is taking Armour Thyroid rather than levothyroxine

Women with T2D Face Higher Fracture Risk

Chances for osteoporotic breaks climb after a decade with type 2 diabetes

Longer-Term Home Use Safe for Artificial Pancreas System

3-month study might pave way to FDA clearance

Switching GLP-1 For DPP-4 Improves Net T2D Outcomes

Victoza bests Januvia for combo therapy on A1c, weight, hypoglycemia composite

How Sweet: Sugar Industry Made Fat the Villain

Harvard researchers received sugar industry money to write a NEJMreview

EndoBreak: Lexicon Rides a Wave of Good News; Obesity Rates Decline

News and commentary from the endocrinology world

MedPAC Looks at Ways to Adjust Misvalued Services

Commission debates grouping CPT codes into families

Weight Gain Mitigated With Metformin in Autistic Kids

Improved BMI and total weight when taking antipsychotics

IVF With Frozen Embryos May be Better in Women With PCOS

Lower rates of ovarian hyperstimulation, pregnancy loss

Poet and Physician: A Chat With John Coulehan, MD

Coulehan wears three different hats: physician, ethicist, and poet

New IVF Screening Method May ID Most Viable Embryos

Mitochondrial DNA plays role in implantation success

Weight Loss Aids Conception in Infertile Obese Women

Benefit seen irrespective of age, baseline BMI, cycle regularity

Lowering the Bar: Love Potion Number 9 Million?

Is the history of "low T" and "hypoactive sexual desire disorder" a tale of profit trumping science?

Is 2018 the Year of the Bionic Pancreas?

Two experts review the state of closed-loop systems for type 1 diabetes

FDA Panel Splits on Expanded Jardiance Indication

Questions raised about key trial

Are Expensive Diabetes Drugs Worth It?

Jardiance and Victoza improve hard outcomes, but at a hefty cost

301 People Charged With $900 Million in False Medicare Billings

Largest sweep since government fraud team began in 2007

Mixed Findings on High Birth Weight, CV Risk Factors

Some markers of cardiovascular health better with high birth weight

Jardiance Shows Renal Benefit in EMPA-REG

Diabetes drug linked to slowing of kidney disease progression

Biosimilar Insulin Glargine Matches Up With Lantus in Phase III

Merck's copycat has similar HbA1c effect in trial

Survey: Diabetics Get Little Sympathy at Work

Co-workers give more slack to colleagues with other conditions

More Promising Results for Bionic Pancreas

But studies are short-term and relatively small

What's New in Beta Cell Transplantation

Gene editing, stem cells raise new possibilities

LEADER Trial Leads the Pack at ADA

But meeting in New Orleans will also feature thousands of new papers

Opinion Makers: Safe C-Sections in Obese Patients

Loralei Thornburg, MD, on keeping mom and baby healthy

Preventing Weight Gain in Special Needs Patients

Understanding risks, finding ways to cope

Compression Stockings; Stroke Prevention; Stents and Meds

Cardiovascular Daily wraps up the top cardiology news of the week

Canagliflozin Leads to Better A1c Control

Post-hoc analysis also finds lower risk of hypoglycemia

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