Night owls who don’t respond to SSRIs: circadian rhythm core to ‘atypical’ depression mystery
About 21% of patients with depression have an atypical form that is less likely to respond to common antidepressants,…
High BMI linked to vascular dementia risk
High body mass index (BMI) could cause a higher risk of vascular-related dementia (a combination of vascular +…
Study explores how biological and environmental systems regulate body weight
Pennington Biomedical researchers recently investigated the systems of the body that regulate weight, exploring whether our bodies defend an established weight target or if…
Routine blood test may flag hidden osteoporosis risk, study finds
Common blood test results may offer an early clue to bone loss, suggesting that alkaline phosphatase levels could…
Maternal thyroid hormone imbalance linked to increased autism risk in offspring
Women with persistent thyroid hormone imbalance across pregnancy may be at an increased risk of having children with…
Sequential use of continuous glucose monitoring, with or without exercise trackers, significantly improves glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes | Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
Aims Continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGM) and exercise trackers offer real-time feedback on the effects of lifestyle intervention…
Construction and validation of a hypoglycemia risk prediction model for hospitalized type 2 diabetes patients based on machine learning | BMC Endocrine Disorders
Tinajero MG, Malik VS. An update on the epidemiology of type 2 diabetes: A global perspective. Endocrinol Metab…
Assessment of leachables in hospital pharmacy compounded topotecan conditioned in common off-label syringes for intravitreal use
Reasoning behind the evaluation of leachable compoundsOff-label use of plastic syringes in batch compounding In a hospital setting,…
Novel definition of time range and risk factors of pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus detected early in pregnancy a cluster analysis using clinical data of the German GestDiab cohort | Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
Cluster analysis The frequency of GDM-diagnosis exhibits two distinct peaks of one around 12 and another of 27 weeks…
Serum uric acid mediates the association between the estimated glucose disposal rate and chronic kidney disease in patients with diabetes or prediabetes: an analysis from NHANES 2005–2018 | BMC Endocrine Disorders
Sun H, Saeedi P, Karuranga S, Pinkepank M, Ogurtsova K, Duncan B B, et al. IDF diabetes atlas:…
Diabetes drug blunts exercise-induced health improvements
A widely prescribed diabetes drug may be sabotaging one of the most trusted strategies for preventing the disease:…
The association of plasma testosterone level and progression of diabetic nephropathy in male | BMC Endocrine Disorders
Rayego-Mateos S, Rodrigues-Diez RR, Fernandez-Fernandez B, Mora-Fernández C, Marchant V, Donate-Correa J, et al. Targeting inflammation to treat…