Poorly Controlled Sleep Apnea Tied to More COVID-19 Infections As adherence to PAP increased, infection rates fell, researcher says May 20, 2021
Finerenone May Delay AFib Onset in Patients With CKD and Diabetes Risk of kidney or CV events reduced regardless of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter history May 18, 2021
DARE-19 Didn't Pay Off for Farxiga in COVID-19 But trial may still show SGLT2 inhibitor is safe for sicker patients May 17, 2021
Probiotics Protect Overweight, Older Patients From Coughs and Wheeze Trial affirms "gut-lung" link but with important caveats May 14, 2021
Adding GLP-1 Drug Makes Sleeve Gastroplasty a Diabetes Treatment Endoscopic procedure could yield benefits now seen only with more invasive surgery May 14, 2021
Amylin Analogue Plus Semaglutide Get Early Win for Weight Loss Combining agents yielded greater weight changes than semaglutide alone May 13, 2021
Post-Vax Adverse Events; Blood Groups and Disease: It's TTHealthWatch! Also this week: nanoparticle vaccine for COVID and dexamethasone for surgical site infections May 08, 2021 podcast
Bone Density Scans and Cardiovascular Disease: Two Birds, One Stone? DXA scans may improve atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk-stratification for women May 06, 2021
Saxenda Boosted Weight Loss, Especially With Exercise But year-long RCT excluded those with type 2 diabetes May 05, 2021
'Dancing With the Stars' Judge Carrie Ann Inaba's Autoimmune Diseases TV host takes leave of absence May 04, 2021
Thumbs Up for New Birth Control Pill Across Multiple Subgroups No differences in efficacy or unscheduled bleeding based on age, BMI, or prior contraceptive use May 03, 2021
Infertility Treatments Tied to Eclampsia Risk Multiple pregnancies are a possible contributor May 01, 2021
Farxiga Gets FDA Greenlight for CKD SGLT2 OK'd to prevent chronic kidney disease progression and cardiovascular risks Apr 30, 2021
Gender Surgery Tied to Mental Health Gains for Transgender People Psychological distress and substance use decreased with affirming surgeries Apr 28, 2021
Diabetes, Dementia, and Age: What's the Link? Age of diabetes onset, as well as cardiovascular comorbidities, play large role in dementia risk Apr 27, 2021
Moms' Health Habits Rub Off on Children Australian study suggests young kids copy parental behavior, healthy as well as unhealthy Apr 26, 2021
Surveillance Spurned for Small Papillary Thyroid Tumors Nearly all head and neck surgeons would opt for lobectomy or total thyroidectomy Apr 22, 2021
Migraines Bode Poorly for Blood Pressure in Menopausal Women Migraine medication use, presence of auras made no difference in observational study Apr 21, 2021
USPSTF: Routine Vitamin D Screening Still on Shaky Ground Not enough evidence for an ideal level of vitamin D Apr 13, 2021
NKF 2021: Skewed Transplant Waitlists; Daft Diabetes Care Other noteworthy research presented at the National Kidney Foundation's annual meeting Apr 12, 2021
Pegloticase Safe for Dialysis Patients With Gout Significant drop in monthly ESA dose seen after treatment, too Apr 09, 2021
Diabetic Kidney Disease Risk Stratifier Helpful Tool for PCPs Test result played into how primary care physicians managed these patients Apr 09, 2021
Metformin Well Tolerated in Polycystic Kidney Disease But next question is, will it work Apr 08, 2021
CKD Care Took a Back Seat During Pandemic Telehealth couldn't make up for lack of in-person healthcare visits Apr 08, 2021
Reproductive Life Span of U.S. Women Increasing Changes in age at both menarche and menopause, study of women followed over 6 decades shows Apr 06, 2021
Tepezza Restock Coming; Osteoporotic Fractures Broken Down by State News and commentary from the endocrinology world Apr 04, 2021
Alarmingly Low Rate of Primary Aldosteronism Detected, Treated Canadian cohort study of 1.1 million adults with hypertension Mar 31, 2021
Mixed Results From Retinopathy Prevention Trial Prophylactic aflibercept slowed diabetic eye disease without visual-acuity benefit Mar 30, 2021
ENDO 2021 Roundup: Jatenzo Liver Data, Adrenal Insufficiency, and More Other noteworthy research presented at the Endocrine Society's annual meeting Mar 25, 2021
Safety Reassurance for Major Class of Diabetes Drugs Pooled trial data show no link to breast cancer Mar 24, 2021
Transgender Youth at Risk for Poorer Heart Health Association could be attributed to gender-affirming hormone therapy, researcher says Mar 23, 2021
Maintenance Semaglutide Keeps Shedding the Pounds Continued weight loss beyond 1 year while on drug; patients switched to placebo gained it back Mar 23, 2021
Banned Stimulants Again Found in Supplements Researchers question FDA's commitment to enforcement Mar 23, 2021
Hyperglycemia Better Predictor of Severe COVID-19 Than Diabetes Study looked at hospitalized patient outcomes during early months of the pandemic Mar 22, 2021
Just How Common Is Readmission for Diabetic Ketoacidosis? Very -- in fact, "quite alarming," researcher says Mar 22, 2021
Op-Ed: Corn Money is Expanding America's Waistline Dear AMA, please lobby for investment in healthy produce Mar 22, 2021
Hormonal IUD Shows Promise in Early Endometrial Cancer Regression seen in 82% of women with precancerous lesions Mar 21, 2021
Hyperthyroid Patients Fare Just as Well After Total Thyroidectomy Rate of certain complications were similar to euthyroid patients Mar 18, 2021
