Endocrinology (all articles)
Research: Insulin Pump vs Insulin Injection in Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:41h | UTCAssociation of Insulin Pump Therapy vs Insulin Injection Therapy With Severe Hypoglycemia, Ketoacidosis, and Glycemic Control Among Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Insulin Pumps Associated With Lower Risk of Serious Complications among Young Patients with Type 1 Diabetes – The JAMA Network (free) AND Insulin-Pump Use Benefits Young People With Type 1 Diabetes – Medscape (free registration required) AND Can insulin pumps work better than injections for kids with diabetes? – Reuters (free)
Global cost of obesity-related illness to hit $1.2tn a year from 2025
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:39h | UTCGlobal cost of obesity-related illness to hit $1.2tn a year from 2025 – The Guardian (free)
See related Global Burden of Disease Study: Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries over 25 Years – New England Journal of Medicine (free), Editorial: Global Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity (free) AND Commentary: New study finds more than 2 billion people overweight or obese – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)
Meta-analysis on shift work and risks of specific obesity types
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:38h | UTCMeta-analysis on shift work and risks of specific obesity types – Obesity Reviews (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Meta-Analysis Links Night Shift to Obesity Risk, Especially “Belly Fat” – AJMC (free) AND Night Shift Work Linked To Increased Risk of Obesity – Medical Research (free) AND Shift Work Increases Risk of Apple-Shaped Overweight/Obesity – Medscape (free registration required) AND Night shift work linked to an increased risk of obesity – Wiley, via EurekAlert (free)
Report: Trends in Incidence of Cancers Associated with Overweight and Obesity
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:40h | UTCNews Release: Cancers Associated with Overweight and Obesity Make up 40 percent of Cancers Diagnosed in the United States (free)
Commentaries: Excessive Weight Gain, Obesity, and Cancer Opportunities for Clinical Intervention – JAMA Viewpoint (free) AND Cancer: 40 percent of all cases related to obesity, overweight – Medical News Today (free)
New Choosing Wisely Recommendations – American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Endocrinology & Nurse Practitioner Association of Canada
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:35h | UTCNew Choosing Wisely Recommendations
Choosing Wisely US: Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question: American Academy of Pediatrics – Section on Endocrinology (free) AND Commentary: Choosing Wisely: 5 Pediatric Endocrinology Tests to Avoid – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Choosing Wisely Canada: Nine Things Nurse Practitioners and Patients Should Question – Nurse Practitioner Association of Canada (free)
See more on the Choosing Wisely initiative in our April 5 issue (see #6)
Research: Carbohydrate-last meal pattern lowers postprandial glucose and insulin excursions in type 2 diabetes
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:10h | UTCCommentary: People with type 2 diabetes should ‘save carbs for last’, study claims – NHS Choices (free)
Meta-analysis: The risk of new-onset diabetes in antidepressant users
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:13h | UTCCommentary: Type 2 Diabetes and Antidepressant Drug Use: Is There a Causal Link? – Endocrinology Advisor (free)
Research: Pharmacologic Differences of Sulfonylureas and the Risk of Adverse Cardiovascular and Hypoglycemic Events
7 Oct, 2017 | 21:41h | UTCPharmacologic Differences of Sulfonylureas and the Risk of Adverse Cardiovascular and Hypoglycemic Events – Diabetes Care (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Cardiac Risk the Same With All Sulfonylureas in Diabetes – Medscape (free registration required)
Guidelines of Insulin Pump Therapy and Continuous Glucose Monitor Management of Diabetes
7 Oct, 2017 | 21:17h | UTCKeeping Up with the Diabetes Technology: 2016 Endocrine Society Guidelines of Insulin Pump Therapy and Continuous Glucose Monitor Management of Diabetes – Current Diabetes Reports (free) – checar acesso
Research: The Importance of Breakfast in Atherosclerosis Disease
3 Oct, 2017 | 21:59h | UTCThe Importance of Breakfast in Atherosclerosis Disease: Insights From the PESA Study – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Skipping Breakfast May Be Bad For The Heart – But There Are Caveats – Forbes (free) AND Most important meal of the day? Skipping breakfast may be linked to poor heart health – The Guardian (free) AND Cardiologists, moms agree: Breakfast the most important meal of the day – Cardiovascular Business (free) Skipping breakfast associated with hardening of the arteries – American College of Cardiology, via ScienceDaily (free)
Research: Concurrent bariatric operations and perioperative outcomes
1 Oct, 2017 | 16:25h | UTC“Concurrent bariatric operations occurred infrequently, but when they did, there was no observable increased risk for adverse perioperative outcomes compared with non-concurrent operations”.
Research: Association of Thyroid Function With Life Expectancy With and Without Cardiovascular Disease
1 Oct, 2017 | 16:18h | UTCAssociation of Thyroid Function With Life Expectancy With and Without Cardiovascular Disease: The Rotterdam Study – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: High-Normal Thyroid Function Tied to Early Death – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Research: Prevalence of Anemia 10 Years After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
1 Oct, 2017 | 16:18h | UTCPrevalence of Anemia 10 Years After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in a Single Veterans Affairs Medical Center – JAMA Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Long-Term Follow-up after Weight-Loss Surgery Finds High Rate of Anemia – The JAMA Network (free)
Research: Outcomes in Atrial Fibrillation Patients With and Without Diabetes
1 Oct, 2017 | 15:08h | UTCCare Patterns and Outcomes in Atrial Fibrillation Patients With and Without Diabetes: ORBIT-AF Registry – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: AFib patients with diabetes have higher risk of death—but not bleeding events – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Diabetes in AFib Increases Symptoms, Mortality and Hospitalizations – Latest in Cardiology, American College of Cardiology (free)
Review: Lipid lowering in renal disease
1 Oct, 2017 | 15:06h | UTCLipid lowering in renal disease – Australian Prescriber (free)
Source: Cardiology Research Review Australia
Randomized Trial: Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Receiving Multiple Daily Insulin Injections
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:15h | UTCContinuous Glucose Monitoring Versus Usual Care in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Receiving Multiple Daily Insulin Injections: A Randomized Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Continuous glucose monitoring associated with better glucose control for patients receiving insulin for type 2 diabetes – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Can continuous glucose monitoring help with type 2 diabetes? – Reuters (free)
Review: A Test in Context: Lipid Profile, Fasting Versus Nonfasting
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:06h | UTCA Test in Context: Lipid Profile, Fasting Versus Nonfasting – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract and free infographic – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Is fasting before a lipid panel necessary? – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Related guideline: Fasting is not routinely required for determination of a lipid profile: clinical and laboratory implications including flagging at desirable concentration cut-points—a joint consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society and European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (free) AND Commentary: New guidelines simplify cholesterol tests: no fasting needed – STAT (free)
Cohort Study: Low-Dose Aspirin Discontinuation and Risk of Cardiovascular Events
25 Sep, 2017 | 22:27h | UTCLow-Dose Aspirin Discontinuation and Risk of Cardiovascular Events: A Swedish Nationwide, Population-Based Cohort Study – Circulation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Stopping Aspirin Hikes CV risk – Cardiobrief (free) AND Aspirin Discontinuation Tied to Increased Risk for CV Events – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Randomized Controled Trial: Continuous glucose monitoring in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes
25 Sep, 2017 | 22:23h | UTCContinuous glucose monitoring in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes (CONCEPTT): a multicentre international randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: In Pregnant Women with Type 1 Diabetes, Continuous Glucose Monitoring Linked to Better Outcomes – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND All pregnant women with type 1 diabetes should be offered continuous glucose monitoring – OnMedica (free)
Randomized Controled Trial: Post–Cesarean Oral Cephalexin and Metronidazole on Surgical Site Infection Among Obese Women
24 Sep, 2017 | 21:33h | UTCEffect of Post–Cesarean Delivery Oral Cephalexin and Metronidazole on Surgical Site Infection Among Obese Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Post-Cesarean Antibiotics Reduce Risk for Surgical Site Infections in Obese Women – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Antibiotics After C-Section Cut Infections in Obese Women – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Antibiotics cut infection risk in obese women after caesarean – OnMedica (free)
Weight and Metabolic Outcomes 12 Years after Gastric Bypass
24 Sep, 2017 | 21:21h | UTCWeight and Metabolic Outcomes 12 Years after Gastric Bypass – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Benefits of gastric bypass persist for 12 years – Reuters (free) AND Gastric bypass surgery benefits continue for 12 years – Diabetes.co.uk (free) AND Bariatric Surgery’s Benefits Last Over a Decade – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Romosozumab or Alendronate for Fracture Prevention in Women with Osteoporosis
24 Sep, 2017 | 20:18h | UTCEditorial: Romosozumab — Promising or Practice Changing? (free)
Artificial sweeteners raise risk of type 2 diabetes, study suggests
24 Sep, 2017 | 20:07h | UTCArtificial sweeteners raise risk of type 2 diabetes, study suggests – The Guardian (free)
52-week programme leads to more weight loss than 12-week
24 Sep, 2017 | 00:25h | UTC52-week programme leads to more weight loss than 12-week – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Extended and standard duration weight-loss programme referrals for adults in primary care (WRAP): a randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (free) AND Commentary: Weight management programmes of extended duration (free)
“Although short-term costs higher, referring people to a 52-week programme is probably more cost-effective long-term” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
Review: Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating Symptoms in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
24 Sep, 2017 | 00:19h | UTCEating Disorders and Disordered Eating Symptoms in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes – Nutrients (free)