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By Ernie Mundell HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, June 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it would hear a case on a Tennessee law that bans transgender minors from receiving certain medical treatments in that state.The banned treatments include puberty-blocking drugs or hormonal therapies.It’s the first time …
Read More »Acupuncture Reduces Endocrine Symptoms, Hot Flashes in Breast Cancer
Significant improvement seen in endocrine symptom subscale score, hot flash score, FACT-Breast total score
Read More »Timing of Metformin Important in Metformin-Treated Type 2 Diabetes
Glucose lowering is greater when metformin is given before rather than with enteral glucose; this is also linked to greater GLP-1 response
Read More »Timing of Exercise Significant for Obesity, Metabolic Impairment
Beneficial effect on glucose hemostasis seen for accumulation of more MVPA in the evening for sedentary adults
Read More »Endocrine Society, June 1-4
By Beth Gilbert HealthDay ReporterThe annual meeting of the Endocrine Society (ENDO 2024) was held from June 1 to 4 in Boston, attracting approximately 7,000 participants, including clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals, and others interested in endocrine and metabolic disorders. The conference highlighted recent advances in the diagnosis and management …
Read More »Continuing Metformin in Pregnancy Has Little Effect on Nonlive Birth
Little to no increased risk for nonlive birth seen among women continuing metformin and adding insulin versus switching to insulin monotherapy
Read More »Paternal Metformin Use Not Linked to Major Congenital Malformations
No significant association seen for increased risk for MCMs with metformin in monotherapy, but association suggested for metformin in polytherapy
Read More »Meal Replacement + Financial Incentives Beneficial for Teens With Obesity
For teens with severe obesity, meal replacement therapy plus financial incentives result in greater reduction in BMI, fat mass
Read More »Bariatric Surgery Cuts Conversion to Diabetes Over Long-Term Follow-Up
Findings seen at five, 10, and 15 years following surgery versus nonsurgical, matched controls
Read More »1990 to 2019 Saw Increase in Life Expectancy in Seniors With T1DM
Most significant decreases in DALYs seen for those aged 65 to 69, 70 to 74, 75 to 79; mortality fell faster in high sociodemographic index countries
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