Weighing the Consequences of Weight-Loss Drugs
(MedPage Today) -- Tirzepatide (Mounjaro), perhaps with a new brand name, will likely join semaglutide (Wegovy) by year's end as an approved weight-loss treatment for people with obesity or overweight and at least one weight-related medical problem... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - May 12, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Once-Weekly Insulin Icodec Wins; Wegovy Heart Data Soon; AACE's T2D Algorithm Update
(MedPage Today) -- Compared with once-daily insulin glargine U100, once-weekly icodec performed similarly for glycemic control, but needed fewer basal insulin injections and a lower bolus insulin dose, and had no increase in hypoglycemic rates... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - May 9, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Novel Drug Fails to Improve Diabetic Retinopathy, but Slows Progression
(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- A novel oral angiogenesis inhibitor failed to improve diabetic retinopathy but significantly slowed the rate of progression in a randomized placebo-controlled trial.
Numerically, more study eyes treated with the... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - May 9, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Novel Hormone Replacer Holds Up Long-Term for Hypoparathyroidism
(MedPage Today) -- SEATTLE -- Nearly all patients with chronic hypoparathyroidism were able to remain off conventional therapy with active vitamin D and calcium long-term after treatment with an investigational prodrug, according to the phase... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - May 8, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Higher BMI Tied to Other Severe Respiratory Infections Too
(MedPage Today) -- A higher body mass index (BMI) was associated with increased risks for hospitalization and death due to COVID-19 and other respiratory infections as well, according to a study using data from the U.K. Biobank.
After a mean follow... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - May 3, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Prednisone Did Not Improve Live Birth Rates for Women With Recurrent IVF Failure
(MedPage Today) -- Treatment with prednisone did not improve live birth rates among women with recurrent implantation failure compared with placebo, a randomized trial from China showed.
Of over 700 women included in the intention-to-treat analysis... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - May 2, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
FDA Turns Down TransCon PTH; Black Market Hormones; Pandemic Thyroid Tumors
(MedPage Today) -- Denmark's Ascendis Pharma announced that the FDA declined to approve the company's new drug application for the hypoparathyroidism drug palopegteriparatide (TransCon PTH) due to manufacturing concerns.
Workdays missed because... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - May 2, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Bariatric-Metabolic Surgery More Effective Than Lifestyle Change for NASH
(MedPage Today) -- Two types of bariatric-metabolic surgery were more effective than lifestyle modification plus best medical care in the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a randomized trial from Italy showed.
In over 200 patients... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - April 26, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Weight Loss Giants Going Head-to-Head; FDA OKs Omnipod GO; GLP-1 Drugs for Wolfram?
(MedPage Today) -- Eli Lilly plans to test its diabetes drug and weight loss treatment candidate tirzepatide (Mounjaro) in a head-to-head trial against Novo Nordisk's semaglutide (Wegovy). (Endpoints News)
One extreme risk of semaglutide for weight... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - April 25, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
FDA Finally OKs Latest MiniMed System for Type 1 Diabetes
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved Medtronic's latest MiniMed insulin pump system, the company announced late last week.
Indicated for individuals with type 1 diabetes ages 7 and older, the MiniMed 780G system pairs the fingerstick-free Guardian... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - April 24, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Bone Density Loss Seen After Bariatric Surgery in Teens
(MedPage Today) -- Although bariatric surgery is quite effective for weight loss in teens with obesity, it also may weaken the bones, according to a prospective longitudinal study.
Over the course of 1 year after undergoing sleeve gastrectomy... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - April 20, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
New Reader for FreeStyle Libre 3; COVID Bumps Diabetes Risk; Tepezza Label Expanded
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA cleared a new standalone reader for the FreeStyle Libre 3 continuous glucose monitor that will help in getting the system closer to being covered by Medicare, said maker Abbott.
In a study looking at the diets of people... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - April 18, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Pioneering Lung Transplant; Regulators and Weight-Loss Drugs; Psychedelic Long COVID
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A hospital in Barcelona, Spain, has reportedly performed a lung transplant using a pioneering technique via robot that avoids cutting through bone. (Reuters)
Stateside, federal... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - April 18, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
'Relaxed' A1c OK for Mitigating Dementia Risk in Older Diabetes Patients
(MedPage Today) -- Even hitting more lenient glycemic targets was enough to keep dementia risk at bay in older adults with type 2 diabetes, researchers assured.
Based on over a quarter of a million patients, those who kept more than half of their... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - April 17, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Bariatric Surgery May Eliminate Obesity-Related Breast Cancer Risk
(MedPage Today) -- Bariatric surgery for women with obesity was associated with a reduction in breast cancer risk that reached levels seen among those with a normal body mass index (BMI), researchers have found.
In their retrospective study of... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - April 13, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
