Endocrinology (all articles)
USPSTF Draft Statement: Statin use for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults.
23 Feb, 2022 | 10:45h | UTCCommentary: USPSTF Updates Guidance on Statins for Primary Prevention of CVD – HealthDay
Raw and cooked vegetable consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease: a study of 400,000 adults in UK Biobank.
22 Feb, 2022 | 09:51h | UTCCommentaries:
Eating veggies won’t protect your heart, study says, but critics disagree – CNN
Study Finds No Heart Benefit From Veggies. Nutritionists Disagree – HealthDay
Position Statement: a disease state approach to the pharmacological management of type 2 diabetes in primary care.
22 Feb, 2022 | 08:51h | UTCRelated:
NICE Updated Guidance: Management of Type 2 Diabetes.
Guideline: ADA 2022 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes.
M-A of randomized trials | Association between intensity of LDL cholesterol reduction with statin-based therapies and secondary stroke prevention.
22 Feb, 2022 | 08:37h | UTCEditorial: Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Level After a Stroke—Reducing It by Any Means (free for a limited period)
Study suggests banning the promotion of soft drinks could be more effective than a sugar tax.
22 Feb, 2022 | 08:25h | UTCBanning the promotion of soft drinks could be more effective than a sugar tax – The Conversation
Original Study: Industry levy versus banning promotion on soft drinks in Scotland: A distributional analysis – Food Policy
Related:
Association of a sweetened beverage tax with reduction in soda consumption in high school students.
UK National Food Strategy: Tax sugar and salt and prescribe veg, report says.
Perspective – Sugar-sweetened beverage taxes: Lessons to date and the future of taxation
Cohort Study: Association Between Tax on Sugar Sweetened Beverages and Soft Drink Consumption
Meta-Analysis: Impact of Sugar‐sweetened Beverage Taxes on Purchases and Dietary Intake
Study: Snack Tax May be More Effective than a Sugary Drink Tax to Tackle Obesity
Sugar Tax: Why Health Experts Want it But Politicians and Industry are Resisting
The Effect of Food Price Changes on Consumer Purchases: A Randomized Experiment
Taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Associated with Reduced Consumption
Soda Tax Linked to a 50 Percent Reduction in Sugary Drink Consumption
Fiscal policies for diet and the prevention of noncommunicable diseases – World Health Organization
The Lancet taskforce on NCDs and economics
To improve global health, tax the things that are killing us – Financial Times
Reducing cardiovascular disease burden through targeted dietary policies
Fiscal policies for the prevention of diseases
Personal View | Effective, disease-modifying, clinical approaches to patients with mild-to-moderate hypertriglyceridemia.
22 Feb, 2022 | 08:17h | UTCEffective, disease-modifying, clinical approaches to patients with mild-to-moderate hypertriglyceridaemia – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (free for a limited period)
Dietary carbohydrate and the risk of type 2 diabetes: an updated systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.
22 Feb, 2022 | 08:16h | UTC
RCT: Advising overweight patients to increase sleep duration may reduce caloric intake.
21 Feb, 2022 | 09:27h | UTCNews Release: Getting more sleep reduces caloric intake, a game changer for weight loss programs – University of Chicago Medical Center
Commentaries:
Cut nearly 300 calories a day by doing something you already do – CNN
Individualized Sleep Counseling Can Aid Weight Loss in Overweight – HealthDay
Commentary on Twitter
In this randomized clinical trial of overweight adults who habitually sleep <6.5 hours per night, sleep extension reduced daily energy intake by ~270 kcal. Maintaining adequate sleep duration could be a viable intervention to prevent or reverse obesity. https://t.co/4nURTFSMO0 pic.twitter.com/jXaRx7wOdG
— JAMA Internal Medicine (@JAMAInternalMed) February 7, 2022
Expert Review | The importance of nutrition in pregnancy and lactation: lifelong consequences.
21 Feb, 2022 | 08:38h | UTC
NICE Updated Guidance: Management of Type 2 Diabetes.
18 Feb, 2022 | 08:41h | UTCType 2 diabetes in adults: management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Related: Guideline: ADA 2022 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes.
Cohort Study: Osteoporosis and its association with cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and cancer.
18 Feb, 2022 | 08:24h | UTCOsteoporosis and Its Association With Cardiovascular Disease, Respiratory Disease, and Cancer: Findings From the UK Biobank Prospective Cohort Study – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Meta-analysis finds the overall prevalence of statin intolerance is around 9% and identifies the most common risk factors.
17 Feb, 2022 | 10:07h | UTCPrevalence of statin intolerance: a meta-analysis – European Heart Journal
Commentaries:
Expert reaction to study looking at statin intolerance – Science Media Centre
Related:
Commentary on Twitter
Statin intolerance is “over-estimated and over-diagnosed”. World’s largest study shows less than 10% suffer side-effects caused by statins https://t.co/pcVk8YI3I3@escardio #EHJ #ESCYoung #cardiotwitter @ehj_ed @rladeiraslopes #CVD #Riskfactors pic.twitter.com/b3nFWsc74d
— European Society of Cardiology Journals (@ESC_Journals) February 16, 2022
A novel diabetes typology: towards precision diabetology from pathogenesis to treatment.
17 Feb, 2022 | 08:31h | UTC
RCT: Effects of a 6-month, low-carbohydrate diet on glycemic control, body composition, and cardiovascular risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes.
13 Feb, 2022 | 22:35h | UTC
FIMS / EFSMA Joint position statement on the International Olympic Committee framework on fairness, inclusion and non-discrimination based on gender identity and sex variations.
13 Feb, 2022 | 22:17h | UTCOriginal Guidance: IOC Framework on fairness, inclusion and non-discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sex variations – International Olympic Committee
Commentary: International Olympic Committee transgender guidance criticised by medical experts – BBC
Commentary on Twitter
You do not have to agree with all content in this position statement. But surely we can agree that we need further debate and discussion (and consultation with all stakeholders) to protect the rights of all athletes. #OpenAccess ➡️ https://t.co/xIfnsyk7FV#Diversity #Inclusion pic.twitter.com/2c9S8lGCoa
— BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine (@BMJOpenSEM) January 20, 2022
Review: Global accessibility of therapeutics for diabetes mellitus.
13 Feb, 2022 | 21:51h | UTCGlobal accessibility of therapeutics for diabetes mellitus – Nature Reviews Endocrinology (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Related:
Editorial | Insulin for all: a hope yet to be realized.
One hundred years of insulin therapy.
Guideline for the management of pediatric Graves’ disease.
11 Feb, 2022 | 08:24h | UTC
RCT: Subcutaneous Tirzepatide added to titrated Insulin Glargine improves glycemic control in patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
10 Feb, 2022 | 10:00h | UTCEffect of Subcutaneous Tirzepatide vs Placebo Added to Titrated Insulin Glargine on Glycemic Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: The SURPASS-5 Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Tirzepatide for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes – JAMA
Commentary: SURPASS-5 Data: Tirzepatide Plus Insulin Glargine Improve Glycemic Control in T2D – AJMC
Related:
Position statement on the care of the athlete and athletic person with diabetes.
10 Feb, 2022 | 08:49h | UTC
Podcast: Dyslipidemia in Children.
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:33h | UTC
Guideline: Management of hypertension and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockade in adults with diabetic kidney disease.
4 Feb, 2022 | 08:49h | UTC
Cross-sectional analysis: increased visceral adipose tissue in adults linked to reduced cognitive scores.
3 Feb, 2022 | 08:41h | UTCEvaluation of Adiposity and Cognitive Function in Adults – JAMA Network Open
Commentaries:
Excess Body Fat Tied to Lower Cognitive Scores in Adults – HealthDay
Commentary on Twitter
In this study, excess body fat was associated with lower cognitive test performance, independent of other cardiovascular risk factors and MRI-detected vascular brain injury cognitive scores. #adiposity https://t.co/xNJbOa8rbK
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) February 1, 2022
Review: Diagnosis and treatment of acromegaly.
3 Feb, 2022 | 08:34h | UTCDiagnosis and Treatment of Acromegaly: An Update – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Review: Prevention of atherosclerosis from childhood.
2 Feb, 2022 | 08:12h | UTCPrevention of atherosclerosis from childhood – Nature Reviews Cardiology (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Review: Primary care-based cardiovascular disease risk management after adverse pregnancy outcomes.
1 Feb, 2022 | 08:29h | UTCPrimary Care–Based Cardiovascular Disease Risk Management After Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: a Narrative Review – Journal of General Internal Medicine (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
See also: thread from the author on Twitter summarizing the article
Related:
AHA Scientific Statement | Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Cohort Study: Preeclampsia and Cardiovascular Disease
Cohort Study: Cardiovascular Disease After Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Largely Explained by Conventional Cardiovascular Risk Factors (recent studies on the subject)