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Risk alleles linked to thiopurine-induced pancreatitis

Posted on: 27/05/2014 - 19:45

CHICAGO – A genomewide association study has identified specific alleles that may pinpoint those at risk for thiopurine-induced pancreatitis in inflammatory bowel disease. Patients heterozygous at...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

In diabetes, women far more likely to develop CHD than men

Posted on: 22/05/2014 - 23:00

Women with diabetes have a 44% greater chance of developing coronary heart disease than do men with diabetes, a large review and meta-analysis has shown. In a retrospective review of data...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Pasireotide decreases incidence of postoperative fistula

Posted on: 21/05/2014 - 22:55

The somatostatin analogue pasireotide reduced postoperative pancreatic fistula leak or abscess by 56%, compared with placebo, a randomized study has determined. Pasireotide (Signifor) was effective...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Lobectomy suffices for surgery of small papillary thyroid cancers

Posted on: 19/05/2014 - 15:05

BOSTON – Extensive surgery beyond lobectomy offers no survival advantage for small papillary thyroid cancers, according to a large database analysis. Total thyroidectomy was not associated with an...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Insulin perturbations seen in nondiabetic patients with NAFLD

Posted on: 18/05/2014 - 15:45

LAS VEGAS – Nondiabetic patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease already have insulin perturbations putting them on track for a variety of more serious health conditions, new data show. In a...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Insulin perturbations seen in nondiabetic patients with NAFLD

Posted on: 18/05/2014 - 15:45

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Testosterone therapy may not be associated with CV risk

Posted on: 17/05/2014 - 17:13

LAS VEGAS – Analysis of data from a low testosterone therapy company showed that...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: AACE/ACE introduce new obesity diagnosis framework

Posted on: 17/05/2014 - 16:35

LAS VEGAS —Your patient’s body mass index indicates obesity. Now, what’s the course of action? The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and the American College of Endocrinology are...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Testosterone is insulin sensitizing in diabetic men with hypogonadism

Posted on: 17/05/2014 - 15:50

LAS VEGAS – Testosterone improves insulin sensitivity and insulin signaling in diabetic men who are deficient in this hormone, finds a randomized trial reported at the annual meeting of the American...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Evolocumab lowers LDL-C with no effect on glucose metabolism

Posted on: 17/05/2014 - 15:00

LAS VEGAS – Evolocumab, an investigational antibody that inhibits PCSK9, reduces levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in hypercholesterolemic patients who have dysglycemia or metabolic...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Risk alleles linked to thiopurine-induced pancreatitis

In diabetes, women far more likely to develop CHD than men

Pasireotide decreases incidence of postoperative fistula

Lobectomy suffices for surgery of small papillary thyroid cancers

Insulin perturbations seen in nondiabetic patients with NAFLD

Insulin perturbations seen in nondiabetic patients with NAFLD

Testosterone therapy may not be associated with CV risk

VIDEO: AACE/ACE introduce new obesity diagnosis framework

Testosterone is insulin sensitizing in diabetic men with hypogonadism

Evolocumab lowers LDL-C with no effect on glucose metabolism

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