Endocrinology
Guidelines
USPSTF holds firm on postmenopausal hormone recommendations
The central message of updated recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s on using hormone therapy to prevent chronic...
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Nicotine blocks estrogen production in women’s brains
There is evidence to suggest that there is a complex interaction between sex and steroid hormones and the reward effect of nicotine, modulated by...
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Thyroid dysfunction may linger a year after severe COVID-19
The implications of the atypical thyroiditis areas, which tend to be asymptomatic, are unclear.
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Plant-based diet cut hot flashes 78%: WAVS study
Postmenopausal women who ate a reduced-fat, vegan diet supplemented with soy experienced far fewer hot flashes and improved quality of live,...
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Vitamin D deficiency linked to death, new study finds
A genetic approach provides support for the effects of vitamin D on mortality. The benefits of vitamin D supplementation are largely found in...
Conference Coverage
Stopping levothyroxine in subclinical hypothyroidism safe, feasible
Despite apparent lack of benefits, many still receive levothyroxine for subclinical hypothyroidism.
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Goodbye ‘diabetes insipidus’, hello ‘AVP-D’ and ‘AVP-R’
Confusion with the term ‘diabetes mellitus’ ... has spurred proposed name change by an international panel representing major endocrinology...
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Few transgender teens discontinue hormones in young adulthood
Pioneering clinic’s research finds that 98% of transgender adolescents taking puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones were still taking the latter...
Conference Coverage
Don’t be afraid of weight gain with hyperthyroid treatment
A large study shows highest weight gain risk is with thyroidectomy, and radioiodine therapy is linked to better survival.
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Diabetes becoming less potent risk factor for CVD events
Diabetes is no longer equal to cardiovascular disease as a risk factor for cardiovascular events, according to a population-based study in Ontario...
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It’s about location: PCOS symptoms differ depending where you live
Women with PCOS in California were more likely to have hyperandrogenemia than were those in Alabama, but age and BMI weren’t factors, nor was race...