Endocrinology

More research is needed, especially concerning cut-offs, before clinicians can reliably use HbA1c to diagnose pre-diabetes and diabetes in children.

Low-levels of the anti-aging hormone Klotho may presage the presence of kidney disease and its deadly cardiovascular complications.

Implant-related pressure and stress leads to fractures in children with still-growing bones, or those weakened by cerebral palsy and skeletal syndromes.

The American College of Physicians provides three recommendations for the use of intensive insulin therapy to manage glycemic control in hospitalized patients.

Not only do energy drinks offer no therapeutic benefit to children, but they may even put youngsters at risk for adverse health events.

Data from a long-term Australian osteoporosis study reveals a consistent 5-year survival advantage for people on years-long bisphosphonate regimens.

Administration of testosterone leads to a significant reduction in the mind's ability to read facial expressions which can have far-reaching effects on empathy.

New research out of the UK revelas that the first time many patients realize that diabetes can affect their kidneys is when they are referred to renal services.

Triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, and diabetes (but not higher fasting blood sugar) cut down memory scores, visual working memory, and word fluency.

Study results show that patients suffering from diabetic peripheral neuropathy treated with tapentadol reported significant improvement in their pain.

Spouses of diabetics suffer from the demands of living with diabetes just as patients do, though their feelings are not always linked to their partner's.

Blocking glucagon could convert type 1 diabetes to an asymptomatic, non-insulin-dependent disorder if mouse models hold true for humans.

Testosterone levels increase more in wrestlers who win their matches, suggesting a different regulatory mechanism for their acute testosterone responses.

Lydia DonCarlos, PhD and colleagues explore new therapies that provide the benefits of estrogen without the cancer risks.

Intrafamilial medically assisted reproduction is fraught with ethical and controversial issues due to the involvement of a family member as a third party.

Studies have consistently shown an inverse association between coffee consumption and type 2 diabetes risk, and now the cause may have been identified.

Overweight young adults with family members and friends who are trying to lose weight are more likely to seek healthier goals for themselves, say researchers.

Researchers are testing whether women given estrogen within one to two years of menopause can have beneficial effects on depression and cardiovascular illness.

Improved technologies has upped the odds of successful post-cancer pregnancy, but half of patients are not referred to reproductive specialists.

Though diabetes and depression each increase a woman's risk of death from cardiovascular disease, together they increase that likelihood nearly three times.

Discovery may help researchers explain whether the increasing incidence of childhood obesity is inducing early onset of puberty in girls.

Although birth rates declined in 2008, the rates of cesarean delivery increased to nearly a third of all births in 2008, according to a new report.

Both physical and sexual abuse history were positively associated with a higher incidence of uterine fibroids later in life, according to a new study.

More than six percent of women who gave birth in 2008, a figure totalling 250,000, had pre-existing diabetes or developed it during pregnancy.

A Yale University team has developed a screening test for early diagnosis of Turner syndrome that only requires a cheek swab or a newborn's blood spots.