Endocrinology (all articles)
Guideline: Assessing and managing children at primary health-care facilities to prevent overweight and obesity in the context of the double burden of malnutrition
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:55h | UTCGuideline: Assessing and managing children at primary health-care facilities to prevent overweight and obesity in the context of the double burden of malnutrition – World Health Organization (free) (RT @equitylist see Tweet)
News release: WHO releases guidelines to address overweight and obesity in children (free)
Related report: Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults – The Lancet (free) AND Commentaries: Tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity in four decades: new study by Imperial College London and WHO – World Health Organization (free) Double-duty solutions for the double burden of malnutrition (free)
Research: Cost-effectiveness of interventions to Reduce Energy Intake from Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:28h | UTCCommentaries: Cutting sugar in soft drinks would save 155,000 lives and $8 billion: experts – The Age (free) AND Study spells out huge health benefits by cutting back sugar in sugary drinks – University of New South Wales, Sidney (free)
Research: Association of History of Gestational Diabetes With Long-term Cardiovascular Disease Risk
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:22h | UTCCommentaries: CVD Risk for Women Rises After Gestational Diabetes – TCTMD (free) AND Does Gestational Diabetes Per Se Up Long-Term Cardiovascular Risk? – Medscape (free registration required) AND Gestational Diabetes Raises Heart Attack, Stroke Risk, NIH Study Finds – AJMC (free)
Research: Association of Antidepressant Medications With Incident Type 2 Diabetes in Youths
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:24h | UTCAssociation of Antidepressant Medications With Incident Type 2 Diabetes Among Medicaid-Insured Youths – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Antidepressant Use in Youth Tied to Increased Diabetes Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Related study: The risk of new-onset diabetes in antidepressant users – A systematic review and meta-analysis – PLOS One (free) AND Commentary: Type 2 Diabetes and Antidepressant Drug Use: Is There a Causal Link? – Endocrinology Advisor (free)
Review: Obesity and adverse breast cancer risk and outcome
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:04h | UTC
Review: Calcium and Cardiovascular Disease
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:00h | UTCCalcium and Cardiovascular Disease – Endocrinology and Metabolism (free)
Report: Tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity in four decades
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:40h | UTCOriginal article: Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults – The Lancet (free) AND Invited Commentary: Double-duty solutions for the double burden of malnutrition (free)
Related report: Ending Childhood Obesity Implementation Plan: executive summary – World Health Organization (free PDF)
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)