Elevated growth hormone levels had a negative impact on remission in acromegaly patients undergoing transsphenoidal adenomectomies, researchers from Emory University in Atlanta concluded after a...
MADRID – Morbidly obese asthmatics may require less inhaler therapy after bariatric surgery, a retrospective chart review and longitudinal cohort study suggests.
Among patients who used any form of...
LAS VEGAS – In its fourth year, the Blood Sugar Basics program, which is the American College of Endocrinology and Merck’s diabetes education program, is turning its attention to hemoglobin...
Treatment with saxagliptin was not associated with an increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events or heart failure in a pooled analysis of 20 studies of patients with type 2 diabetes.<br...
Treatment with empagliflozin, an investigational sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, was associated with benefits for blood pressure as well as glycemic control in a 3-month study of...
CHICAGO – Hypothyroid patients who need either at least 125 mcg or 1.5 mcg/kg of levothyroxine per day in order to remain euthyroid should routinely be tested for celiac disease, Dr. Richard S....
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – The risk of atypical femoral fractures with long-term bisphosphonate treatment may be relatively low overall, but clinicians need to be aware, experts said at the recent British...
PARIS – Walking disability from hip or knee osteoarthritis puts patients with comorbid diabetes at increased risk for serious diabetes complications, according to a retrospective cohort study.
After...
CHICAGO – The investigational ghrelin agonist RM-131 significantly improved gastric emptying and vomiting in patients with diabetic gastroparesis in a phase II, double-blind study.
Gastric emptying...
CHICAGO – The oral drug duo of sofosbuvir and ribavirin produced good cure rates in a study of 419 patients with hepatitis C genotype 2 or 3.
Dr. Bruce R. Bacon, who was not involved in the study,...
