Search results for "Endocrinology"
Surgical remission for Cushing's disease associated with autoimmune disease
More than 10% of patients with surgical remission of Cushing's disease had developed a new autoimmune disease by three years after surgery, compared to only 1.6% of patients with nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/02/20/2.htm
20 Feb 2024
Walter J. McDonald, MD, MACP, former EVP/CEO, dies at 85
Dr. McDonald led the College for seven years before stepping down.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/10/obituary-walter-j-mcdonald.htm
1 Oct 2023
Antifracture effects of zoledronate persist for up to 3.5 years, study suggests
Fracture rates rose from 15 per 1,000 woman-years in the last two years of a six-year trial to 24 fractures in the first two years of follow-up. In the next two years of follow-up, the rate substantially increased to 42 fractures per 1,000 woman-years.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/03/12/4.htm
12 Mar 2024
MKSAP Quiz: 2-week history of heat intolerance in pregnancy
A 32-year-old woman is evaluated in the first trimester of pregnancy for a 2-week history of heat intolerance, palpitations, and tremulousness. Her only medication is folic acid. Following a physical examination and laboratory studies, what is the most appropriate diagnostic test?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/01/23/3.htm
23 Jan 2024
Points on providing gender-affirming care
There are simple things that physicians can do, regardless of their practice setting, to communicate to patients that they are safe in the clinical space.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/02/points-on-providing-gender-affirming-care.htm
1 Feb 2024
Testosterone may not decrease fracture risk in hypogonadism
A substudy of an industry-funded randomized trial in men with hypogonadism found that 3.50% of those assigned to testosterone and 2.46% assigned to placebo had a clinical fracture after 3.19 years of follow-up.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/01/23/2.htm
23 Jan 2024
Patients with Hashimoto disease and symptoms despite medication may benefit from thyroidectomy
Follow-up of a small randomized trial in Norway found that total thyroidectomy improved symptoms for up to five years but that complication rates were higher than expected.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/11/28/4.htm
28 Nov 2023
Continuous glucose monitoring gains traction in hospitals
Real-time continuous glucose monitoring is seeing a real-world trial after the FDA stated it would not object to its use during the COVID-19 pandemic
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/03/continuous-glucose-monitoring-gains-traction-in-hospitals.htm
1 Mar 2021
Gender pay gap persists in internal medicine, especially in procedural subspecialties
Only general internal medicine, endocrinology, and geriatrics had more women than men, and only 26% of full professors were women, according to an analysis of U.S. internal medicine faculty in 2018 to 2019.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/20/5.htm
20 Jul 2021
Keep a close eye on the kidneys in diabetes
Screening and adherence to best prescribing practices offer two key ways to prevent or slow the progression of chronic kidney disease in patients with diabetes.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/09/keep-a-close-eye-on-the-kidneys-in-diabetes.htm
1 Sep 2020