Endocrinology
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Higher glycemic time in range may benefit T2D patients
A post hoc analysis linked greater blood-glucose time in range with fewer hypoglycemic, microvascular, and major adverse cardiac events in T2D...
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DAPA-CKD resets eGFR floor for safe SGLT2 inhibitor use
Until now, SGLT2 inhibitors were for patients with an eGFR of at least 30 mL/min per m2. New evidence moves the threshold down to 25....
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Keep desiccated thyroid as a treatment option for hypothyroidism
The findings of a study of patients treated with desiccated thyroid or synthetic levothyroxine were “unanticipated,” according to the authors of...
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Longer bisphosphonate use ups AFF risk, but not all is tied to drug
The clinical implications of research to date are that “the risk of AFF should not dissuade patients and providers from short-term use of...
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Treat-to-target strategy ‘not ready for primetime’ in osteoporosis
Debaters at a session of the recent virtual ASBMR 2020 annual meeting could have gone either way on this topic, but data and evidence are...
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More dairy lowers risk of falls, fractures in frail elderly
Results from the first randomized trial to show a benefit of dairy food intake on risk of fractures leave it unclear whether it is better to get...
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Mega vitamin D harms bone in women, not men, without osteoporosis
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More U.S. states cap insulin cost, but activists will ‘fight harder’
Drugmakers and health insurers have not legally challenged state laws capping out-of-pocket insulin costs; still, such attempts to make insulin...
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FDA grants approval to weekly growth hormone for adults
Weekly formulation of somapacitan could improve patient compliance.
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CagA-positive H. pylori patients at higher risk of osteoporosis, fracture
Study adds additional weight to previous findings regarding H. Pylori infection and bone fragility, particularly among CagA-positive...
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Obesity boosts risks in COVID-19 from diagnosis to death
Excess pounds are linked to excess infection, hospitalization, ICU admission, and mortality.