Endocrinology & Metabolism

Complication rates decline among diabetes patients

Posted on: 16/04/2014 - 22:00

The rate of diabetes-related myocardial infarction has fallen almost 68% since 1990, according to an analysis of several federal data sources. From 1990 to 2010, the rate of acute MI among adults...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

FDA approves GLP-1 receptor agonist albiglutide for type 2 diabetes

Posted on: 15/04/2014 - 21:15

Albiglutide, a once-weekly subcutaneous injection, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to improve glycemic control, in conjunction with diet and exercise in type 2...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Increasing maternal BMI raises fetal, infant death risk

Posted on: 15/04/2014 - 21:00

Increasing maternal body mass index shows a moderate to strong dose-response relationship with increasing risks of fetal death, stillbirth, neonatal death, perinatal death, and infant death,...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Increasing maternal BMI raises fetal, infant death risk

Posted on: 15/04/2014 - 21:00

Increasing maternal body mass index shows a moderate to strong dose-response relationship with increasing risks of fetal death, stillbirth, neonatal death, perinatal death, and infant death,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Diet, exercise in prediabetes may prevent long-term progression and mortality

Posted on: 14/04/2014 - 23:10

A 6-year program of diet, exercise, or both helped delay the onset of diabetes in adults, and had significant mortality benefits for women 23 years later, researchers reported online in the Lancet...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Diabetes prevalence increases, but so does diabetes control

Posted on: 14/04/2014 - 22:00

The prevalence of diagnosed diabetes in the United States rose significantly from 1988 to 2010, jumping from 6% to 10%. Prediabetes doubled in prevalence over the same time period, from 6% to 12%,...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Newcomer misses noninferiority mark against established GLP-1 receptor agonist

Posted on: 10/04/2014 - 19:20

Once-daily liraglutide slightly outperformed once-weekly albiglutide in a head-to-head trial in adults with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, researchers reported in the April issue of the Lancet...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Younger men with goiter at higher risk for thyroid cancers

Posted on: 10/04/2014 - 16:05

PHOENIX – More than one-fourth of men under age 50 undergoing surgery for benign goiter were found to have thyroid cancers, based on

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Weekly exenatide shows long-term efficacy in type 2 diabetes

Posted on: 09/04/2014 - 17:30

In patents with type 2 diabetes, weekly injections with exenatide controlled hemoglobin A1c levels more effectively than did daily glargine over a 3-year period, investigators reported...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: PCSK9 inhibitors placed in perspective

Posted on: 07/04/2014 - 16:55

WASHINGTON – "We’re at the dawn of an era of biological therapeutics in cardiology," Dr. Peter Libby, chief of cardiovascular medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, told us...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

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