Endocrinology (all articles)
Research: Circulating vitamin D concentration and risk of seven cancers
20 Nov, 2017 | 14:04h | UTCCommentary: Vitamin D level not associated with cancer risk – Clinical Adviser (free)
“These results, in combination with previous literature, provide evidence that population-wide screening for vitamin D deficiency and subsequent widespread vitamin D supplementation should not currently be recommended as a strategy for primary cancer prevention”.
Meta-Analysis: Long-term Sustainability of Diabetes Prevention Approaches
20 Nov, 2017 | 14:03h | UTCLong-term Sustainability of Diabetes Prevention Approaches: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Lifestyle Modifications Slow Progression To Diabetes As Effectively As Medications – Medical Research (free) AND Lifestyle changes successfully reduce incidence of diabetes – MedicalXpress (free) AND Lifestyle changes—not medications—linked to sustained risk reduction for diabetes – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Review: Diagnostic approach to TSH-producing pituitary adenoma
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:15h | UTCDiagnostic approach to TSH-producing pituitary adenoma – European Journal of Endocrinology (free)
Review: l-Thyroxine replacement therapy in the frail elderly
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:15h | UTC
Review: Stem cell therapy for type 1 diabetes
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:11h | UTC
Meta-analysis: Suicide risk in patients with diabetes
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:14h | UTC
Clinical Practice Guideline of The Korean Diabetes Association
11 Nov, 2017 | 19:08h | UTCClinical Practice Guideline of The Korean Diabetes Association (free articles):
– Antihyperglycemic Agent Therapy for Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 2017
– Insulin Therapy for Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
– Monotherapy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
– Combination Therapy of Oral Hypoglycemic Agents in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Being overweight or obese is linked with heart disease even without other metabolic risk factors
11 Nov, 2017 | 18:57h | UTCBeing overweight or obese is linked with heart disease even without other metabolic risk factors – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Separate and combined associations of obesity and metabolic health with coronary heart disease: a pan-European case-cohort analysis – European Heart Journal (free)
Draft Recommendation: Screening Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures
11 Nov, 2017 | 17:12h | UTCCommentary: New USPSTF Draft Recommendations for Osteoporosis Screening – Medscape (free registration required)
Research: Impact of a school plain water access intervention on childhood obesity
11 Nov, 2017 | 17:06h | UTCProjecting the impact of a nationwide school plain water access intervention on childhood obesity: a cost–benefit analysis – Pediatric Obesity (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Making water available to school chilren at lunch may save $13B in health costs – UPI (free) AND Serving water with school lunches could curb obesity, save billions – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Serving water with school lunches could prevent child, adult obesity: study – MedicalXpress (free)
Research: Frequent sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and the onset of cardiometabolic diseases
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:35h | UTCCommentaries: Just two sugary drinks per week may raise type 2 diabetes risk – Medical News Today (free) AND Sugar-sweetened drinks raise risk of diabetes, metabolic syndrome – The Endocrine Society, via EurekAlert (free)
Guideline: Familial hypercholesterolaemia
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:37h | UTCFamilial hypercholesterolaemia: identification and management – NICE Guideline (free)
News release: Inherited risk of high cholesterol should be identified and treated as early as possible, NICE says in updated guidance (free)
Guideline: The diagnosis and management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:29h | UTC
Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:29h | UTC
Guideline: Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:01h | UTCRelated 2017 Guidelines: Type 2 diabetes in adults: management – NICE Guideline (free) AND Pharmacologic Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes: Synopsis of the 2017 American Diabetes Association Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes (free) AND Oral Pharmacologic Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Clinical Practice Guideline Update From the American College of Physicians (free)
Research: Statin use and risk of developing diabetes
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:03h | UTCCommentaries: Statins increase the risk of developing diabetes in at-risk people – Medical News Today (free) AND Statin use link to heightened type 2 diabetes risk in some people – OnMedica (free)
Research: Incidence, Demographics, and Clinical Characteristics of Diabetes of the Exocrine Pancreas
29 Oct, 2017 | 00:17h | UTCIncidence, Demographics, and Clinical Characteristics of Diabetes of the Exocrine Pancreas (Type 3c): A Retrospective Cohort Study – Diabetes Care (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Newly-identified third type of diabetes is being wrongly diagnosed as type 2 – The Conversation (free)
“Diabetes of the exocrine pancreas is frequently labeled type 2 diabetes but has worse glycemic control and a markedly greater requirement for insulin”.
Guidelines for the management of aggressive pituitary tumours and carcinomas
28 Oct, 2017 | 23:35h | UTCEuropean Society of Endocrinology clinical practice guidelines for the management of aggressive pituitary tumours and carcinomas – European Journal of Endocrinology (free PDF)
Guideline: Insulin therapy for adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
28 Oct, 2017 | 23:30h | UTC
Review: Weight Gain in Women at Midlife
23 Oct, 2017 | 20:39h | UTCCommentary: Docs Call Attention to Women Piling on Pounds in Midlife – Medscape (free registration required)
Dark chocolate is now a health food. Here’s how that happened
21 Oct, 2017 | 18:13h | UTCDark chocolate is now a health food. Here’s how that happened – VOX (free)
Related: Chocolate health: advice by Thomas Lüscher and peer review by Jonas Malmstedt – For Better Science (by @schneiderleonid)
“Big Chocolate’s investment in health science was a marketing masterstroke…” Interesting tale by @juliaoftoronto (RT @hildabast see Tweet)
Review: How Low to Go With Glucose, Cholesterol, and Blood Pressure in Primary Prevention of CVD
21 Oct, 2017 | 17:28h | UTCSummary with 12 key points to remember: Glucose, Cholesterol, BP Targets for CVD Risk Factors – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Research: Omega-6 fatty acid biomarkers and incident type 2 diabetes
21 Oct, 2017 | 17:28h | UTCOmega-6 fatty acid biomarkers and incident type 2 diabetes: pooled analysis of individual-level data for 39 740 adults from 20 prospective cohort studies – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Omega-6 fats may help prevent type 2 diabetes – George Institute for Global Health (free) AND Eating More Nuts Could Protect Against Type 2 Diabetes – Medscape (free registration required) AND Omega-6 could lower type 2 diabetes risk by 35 percent – Medical News Today (free)
Guidelines Synopsis: Management of a Diabetic Foot
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:08h | UTCManagement of a Diabetic Foot – JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis (free) (RT @adamcifu)
Original guideline: The management of diabetic foot: A clinical practice guideline by the Society for Vascular Surgery in collaboration with the American Podiatric Medical Association and the Society for Vascular Medicine (free)
Review: Management of cardiovascular diseases in patients with obesity
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:03h | UTCManagement of cardiovascular diseases in patients with obesity – Nature Reviews Cardiology (free)