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Active management strategy helps women with early, nonviable pregnancies of unknown location

Women with early, nonviable pregnancies of unknown location who were given an active management strategy had more successful pregnancy resolutions than those given an expectant management strategy, according to a recent clinical trial published in JAMA.

13 Sep 2021

Marshall University researcher awarded $1.36 million NIH grant for kidney-related study

Sandrine V. Pierre, Ph.D., associate professor of biomedical sciences at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and interim director of the Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (MIIR), has been awarded a Research Project Grant (R01), one of the most competitive grants issued by the National Institutes of Health.

10 Sep 2021

Early androgens related to childhood gender nonconformity in boys

In laboratory animals, sex differences in behavior occur because different hormone levels produced by males and females influence patterns of gene expression in the developing brain.

9 Sep 2021

Increase in social stress may be connected to global population decline

A University of Massachusetts Amherst environmental health scientist has developed an "overlooked hypothesis" to help explain the projected global population decline beginning in 2064: social stress.

7 Sep 2021

Polygenic risk score no better at predicting psychosis outcomes than written reports, study finds

With the help of cutting-edge computer programs, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai went through the genetic and medical records of more than 8,000 schizophrenia patients.

6 Sep 2021

Daily walnut consumption lowers LDL cholesterol levels and may promote cardiovascular health

Eating about ½ cup of walnuts every day for two years modestly lowered levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, known as "bad cholesterol," and reduced the number of total LDL particles and small LDL particles in healthy, older adults, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal Circulation.

30 Aug 2021

Study describes factors associated with cancer-specific death for patients diagnosed with NETs

Among all patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), the risk of dying of cancer was higher than that of dying of other causes, but mortality varies by primary tumor site, according to a new study published in the August 2021 issue of JNCCN - Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

26 Aug 2021

Old habit-controlling neurons may also play a critical role in new action learning

Imagine working on your computer and typing the same long password you have used for years to access your email.

26 Aug 2021

Population peak could contribute to less meaningful social interactions and reproduction suppression

A predicted population drop at the end of the century could be explained by stress from meaningless social interactions, according to a review article published in the Endocrine Society's journal, Endocrinology.

24 Aug 2021

Report reveals rising rates of diabetes among youth in the United States

Diagnosed cases of type 1 and type 2 diabetes are surging among youth in the United States. From 2001 to 2017, the number of people under age 20 living with type 1 diabetes increased by 45%, and the number living with type 2 diabetes grew by 95%.

24 Aug 2021

Study reveals how high dietary fructose increases rates of obesity and cancers

Eating fructose appears to alter cells in the digestive tract in a way that enables it to take in more nutrients, according to a preclinical study from investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.

18 Aug 2021

CDC's mask guidance may have increased the threat of COVID-19 among vulnerable communities

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may have increased the threat of COVID-19 infection in the Black community and among some other racial and ethnic minority groups when the agency updated its mask guidance last May, according to a new commentary in the Journal of General Internal Medicine by two colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital.

12 Aug 2021

Mount Sinai awarded more than $4 million to evaluate anal cancer screening in high-risk women

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has been awarded a grant of more than $4 million by the National Cancer Institute for a large-scale study to evaluate anal cancer screening in high-risk women who have been previously diagnosed with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection.

10 Aug 2021

Metformin can help counter mitochondrial dysfunction in patients with type-2 diabetes

Research staff have shown that metformin, an efficient drug against type-2 diabetes, can improve the mitochondrial function in patients with this disease.

9 Aug 2021

Mobile interventional stroke team travels to patients for providing faster access to surgical treatment

Stroke patients were almost twice as likely to be functionally independent - mobile and able to perform daily tasks - at 90 days post-stroke if they were treated by a specialized mobile stroke team that traveled to them to perform mechanical clot removal, compared to those who were transferred to a thrombectomy stroke center, according to research conducted within the Mount Sinai Health System and published today in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.

5 Aug 2021

Artificial pancreas may soon help patients with type 2 diabetes

An artificial pancreas could soon help people living with type 2 diabetes and who also require kidney dialysis. Tests led by the University of Cambridge and Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland, show that the device can help patients safely and effectively manage their blood sugar levels and reduce the risk of low blood sugar levels.

4 Aug 2021

Common weight-loss drug successfully targets fat in adults with obesity at high cardiovascular risk

Researchers at UT Southwestern announced successful results of a clinical trial for a commonly prescribed weight-loss drug called liraglutide.

4 Aug 2021

Next-Generation Sequencing and the Diagnosis of Disease

In this interview, Professor John Rossen talks about next-generation sequencing and it's implications for the diagnosis of disease.

From Tecan 4 Aug 2021

UVA researchers overturn conventional wisdom on action of key hormone receptors within cells

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have overturned conventional wisdom on the workings of vital hormone receptors within cells, a finding that could boost drug development for diabetes and related metabolic disorders, cancer and other diseases.

31 Jul 2021

Youth-onset type 2 diabetes is more aggressive and difficult to control, study shows

People with type 2 diabetes diagnosed during youth have a high risk of developing complications at early ages and have a greater chance of multiple complications within 15 years after diagnosis.

28 Jul 2021

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Endocrinology News and Research

Latest Endocrinology News and Research

Active management strategy helps women with early, nonviable pregnancies of unknown location

Marshall University researcher awarded $1.36 million NIH grant for kidney-related study

Early androgens related to childhood gender nonconformity in boys

Increase in social stress may be connected to global population decline

Polygenic risk score no better at predicting psychosis outcomes than written reports, study finds

Daily walnut consumption lowers LDL cholesterol levels and may promote cardiovascular health

Study describes factors associated with cancer-specific death for patients diagnosed with NETs

Old habit-controlling neurons may also play a critical role in new action learning

Population peak could contribute to less meaningful social interactions and reproduction suppression

Report reveals rising rates of diabetes among youth in the United States

Study reveals how high dietary fructose increases rates of obesity and cancers

CDC's mask guidance may have increased the threat of COVID-19 among vulnerable communities

Mount Sinai awarded more than $4 million to evaluate anal cancer screening in high-risk women

Metformin can help counter mitochondrial dysfunction in patients with type-2 diabetes

Mobile interventional stroke team travels to patients for providing faster access to surgical treatment

Artificial pancreas may soon help patients with type 2 diabetes

Common weight-loss drug successfully targets fat in adults with obesity at high cardiovascular risk

Next-Generation Sequencing and the Diagnosis of Disease

UVA researchers overturn conventional wisdom on action of key hormone receptors within cells

Youth-onset type 2 diabetes is more aggressive and difficult to control, study shows

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