News
How to Manage Patients on GLP-1s Before Surgery
- Author:
- Marilynn Larkin
For now, endocrinologists are managing these patients as they see fit, within the parameters of any institutional guidance requirements.
News
Continuous Glucose Monitors for All? Opinions Remain Mixed
- Author:
- Marilynn Larkin
“For now, efforts should be focused on making CGMs available to patients who will clearly benefit — ie, people with diabetes, especially those who...
News
Is Acute Kidney Injury Really a Single Disease?
- Author:
- Marilynn Larkin
AKI is associated with an increased risk for adverse outcomes, including post-AKI chronic kidney disease and a mortality rate of approximately 24...
News
Cannabis Use Linked to Brain Thinning in Adolescents
- Author:
- Marilynn Larkin
Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) causes shrinkage of dendritic arborization — the neurons’ network of antennae that play a critical role in...
News
Obesity Therapies: What Will the Future Bring?
- Author:
- Marilynn Larkin
“I believe that obesity won’t be cured in the future, but we will have increasingly better lifelong management with a multidisciplinary approach...
News
Time to Stop Saying Thyroid Cancer Is a ‘Good’ Cancer
- Author:
- Marilynn Larkin
Although papillary thyroid cancer outcomes generally are good, the disease can still be life-altering for years to come.
News
Tirzepatide Shortage Resolved? FDA Says Yes, Compounders No
- Author:
- Marilynn Larkin
The FDA said patients and prescribers may still see “intermittent localized supply disruptions as the products move through the supply chain.”
News
Cannabis Use Rising in Diabetes: What Do Endos Need to Know?
- Author:
- Marilynn Larkin
As legalization continues and cannabis products proliferate, endocrinologists will likely face more patients of all ages seeking advice about its...
News
AI-Assisted Pathology Poised to Transform Liver Disease Care
- Author:
- Marilynn Larkin
The standardization and reproducibility offered by AI-driven technology could facilitate more consistent diagnoses across different healthcare...
Opinion
Will New Obesity Drugs Make Bariatric Surgery Obsolete?
- Author:
- Marilynn Larkin
“Efficacy of drugs is measured in weeks or months, whereas efficacy of surgery is measured in decades of durability.”
News
GI-Targeted Bitter Hop Extract Curbs Hunger, Food Cravings
- Author:
- Marilynn Larkin
Both the high-dose and low-dose treatment groups experienced a significant reduction in appetite.
News
Night Owls May Be at Greater Risk for T2D, Beyond Lifestyle
- Author:
- Marilynn Larkin
Those with a late chronotype had 0.7 higher BMI, 1.9-cm larger waist circumference, 7 cm2 more visceral fat, and 14% more liver fat.
News
Will Tirzepatide Vials Help Patients? Endos Weigh in
- Author:
- Marilynn Larkin
“The one message from all of this is that patients need to know what they’re getting into,” said Dr. Anne Peters.
News
Cell Phone Use Linked to Higher Heart Disease Risk
- Author:
- Marilynn Larkin
Study links cell phone calls, at least weekly, sleep disruption, and physicological distress to heart disease.
News
Listeriosis During Pregnancy Can Be Fatal for the Fetus
- Author:
- Marilynn Larkin
Affected patients can be asymptomatic or experience gastrointestinal symptoms, myalgias, fevers, acute respiratory distress syndrome, or sepsis....