Over 1 Million Medicare Beneficiaries Will Pocket Savings From Insulin Cap
(MedPage Today) -- Approximately 1.5 million Medicare beneficiaries are expected to see savings in response to a provision of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which capped insulin prices at $35 for a month's supply for Medicare Part D beneficiaries... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - January 24, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
In New Pediatric Obesity Guidelines, Lifestyle Modifications Get Short Shrift
(MedPage Today) -- In this video, Amanda Calhoun, MD, MPH, of the Yale Child Study Center in New Haven, Connecticut, discusses the new American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - January 24, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Jardiance Under Review for CKD; Frailty in Obesity; DIY Semaglutide?
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA is reviewing a potential new indication for empagliflozin (Jardiance) for risk reduction of kidney disease progression and cardiovascular death in adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) based on the EMPA-KIDNEY phase... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - January 24, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Diabetes Patients Also Struggle to Access GLP-1 Agonists
(MedPage Today) -- Last fall, Jody Dushay, MD, an endocrinologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, got a message from her patient with type 2 diabetes. His pharmacy had one semaglutide (Ozempic) pen left, and they could only hold... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - January 24, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
It's Complicated: Hollywood Elites Didn't Use Up Everyone's Diabetes Meds
(MedPage Today) -- No, Hollywood elites on crash diets aren't buying up all the semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) and leaving none for diabetes patients. The reasons behind recent shortages of GLP-1 agonists are numerous and complex, physicians say... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - January 24, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Greater Chance of Diabetes Complications With High-Deductible Plan
(MedPage Today) -- Switching to high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) spelled trouble when it came to diabetes complications, a retrospective cohort study found.
In a group of over 40,000 patients whose employers forced a switch to an HDHP from... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - January 20, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
'Concerning' Gonorrhea Strain; DeSantis Targets Trans Students; Pandemic Is Over?
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The CDC and Massachusetts health officials are investigating "concerning" new cases of drug-resistant gonorrhea. (CBS News)
Israel has no data linking Pfizer's updated COVID vaccine... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - January 20, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Gender-Affirming Hormones Boost Mental Health for Transgender Youth
(MedPage Today) -- Use of gender-affirming hormones (GAH) in transgender and nonbinary youth helped improve psychosocial functioning in a four-site prospective, observational study.
In the study of 315 participants in the U.S., taking GAH was... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - January 18, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Genetic Links Found Between Endometriosis and Psychiatric Disorders
(MedPage Today) -- Endometriosis was associated with several psychiatric disorders through genetic and phenotypic mechanisms, even after accounting for several comorbidities including chronic pain, according to a genetic association study.
A multivariate... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - January 18, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Rybelsus Now OK'd in First Line; Menopause Before Transition; Novel T2D Drug Flops
(MedPage Today) -- Oral semaglutide (Rybelsus) received an expanded label to include first-line treatment for adults with type 2 diabetes as an adjunct to diet and exercise, Novo Nordisk announced.
The Obesity Society and Obesity Action Coalition... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - January 17, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Bariatric Surgery May Reduce Risk of Esophageal, Gastric Cancers
(MedPage Today) -- Undergoing bariatric surgery for severe obesity was linked to a decreased incidence of esophageal and gastric cancer and overall in-hospital mortality, a French cohort study showed.
Among mostly women, the incidence rates of... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - January 11, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Insulin Degludec vs Detemir; Cooking Classes for Kids; KDIGO's Drug Guide
(MedPage Today) -- Among pregnant women with type 1 diabetes, using insulin degludec was noninferior to insulin detemir for glucose control and safety. (The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology)
Even the lowest dose (3 mg/kg) of the investigational... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - January 10, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Genetic Screening Program Identifies Unsuspected Thyroid Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- A population-based genetic screening program showed promise for detecting clinically occult thyroid cancer in patients with RET variants.
Among 20 patients who had surgery on the basis of a positive test, 14 had thyroid cancers... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - January 9, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Bisphosphonates First for Osteoporosis; Youth T2D to Surge 700%; Insulin Cap Limits
(MedPage Today) -- Use bisphosphonates for the initial pharmacologic treatment of primary osteoporosis in men and postmenopausal women, the American College of Physicians recommended in its updated guidelines. (Annals of Internal Medicine)
Detection... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - January 3, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
