Endocrinology

The USDA defines low food security as “reports of reduced quality, variety, or desirability of diet. Little or no indication of reduced food intake.”

Physicians and nurses have both an ethical and a legal obligation to ensure a patient will be discharged safely.

While it is not yet approved for the treatment of patients with type 1 diabetes recent studies on canagliflozin have shown it could be an option for this patient population.

The field of diabetes care is continually moving forward. Even as data was being presented at this year's meeting of the American Diabetes Association the future was at the forefront of many people's minds in an effort to help these patients even more.

There is no question that hunger can affect a person's life, a recent study looked at the scientific aspect of this discussion and what doctors can do to help patients with this challenge.

The obesity epidemic continues to grow in this country leaving the medical community to find new ways to help this patient population.

A fair amount of women who are diagnosed with gestational diabetes take active measures to lose weight – but what clinical outcomes does that have?

What happens when a patient with type 2 diabetes uses both a potassium (K)-sparing agent and sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor at the same time?

As obesity becomes a growing problem, doctors are turning to weight loss surgeries to help their patients return to a healthy quality of life. Work is being done to make these procedures as non-invasive as possible to help with the recovery and postoperative times.

Patients with diabetes face several challenges when it comes to coronary surgery success for numerous conditions. A recent study looked at the impact diabetes has on the success of coronary bypass grafts.

A new study may explain why nightshift works have a higher risk of type 2 diabetes.

Do patients diagnosed with anxiety disorder experience a greater burden of metabolic disorders such as diabetes and hyperlipidemia?

People with diabetes are 1.46 times more likely to lose their teeth than healthy patients.

“Physicians should advise patients to limit animal products when possible and consume more plants than meat,†a team of doctors from the Mayo Clinic in Arizona announced in a statement.

Can adding a GLP-1 receptor agonist to lifestyle changes improve obstructive sleep apnea management in your patients?

Aflibercept exerts anti-angiogenic effects against galectin-1, a galactoside-binding lectin protein and novel angiogenic factor associated with proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Atypical height is a common reason for parents to bring children to pediatric endocrinologists.

A new trial of the pancrelipase formulation Zenpep found the product to be as safe and effective as Creon for the treatment of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in cystic fibrosis patients aged 12 years and older.

Only a handful of medications carry an FDA indication for obesity, but metformin (which currently does not) has weighty evidence supporting its use.

Researchers report that St. John’s Wort produces persistent glucose intolerance via decreased beta-cell function. St. John’s Wort may increase risk of type 2 diabetes in the already at-risk depressed population.

Analysis of a multicenter cohort indicates that the causes of chronic pancreatitis vary significantly in men and women and that the phenotype of the disease is independent of patient sex.

A trial designed to find a quick and definitive way to test for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in cystic fibrosis patients has instead discovered another feasible method that does not work.

All von Willebrand Disease patients successfully managed bleeding episode using BAX 111 treatment, according to a study conducted by Baxalta. The study was published in the journal Blood.

Researchers evaluated the effects of ursodeoxycholic acid supplementation on nutritional status in patients with mild liver disease.

Despite a considerable gap between the number of patients who require a transplant and the number of organs available those patients fortunate enough to receive the lifesaving organs are seeing greater success from the procedure.