Significant differences in health status and cardiometabolic health exist between transgender adults and cisgender adults in the United States, according to a study recently published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society. Researchers led by Natalie J. Nokoff, MD, of the University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, point out that 0.5 percent...
Researchers Observe Genotype that Increases Odds of Alzheimer’s, Dementia in African Americans
Researchers may have discovered a factor that contributes to racial discrepancies in developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or dementia, according to a study recently published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Researchers led by Antonio C. Bianco, MD, PhD, of University of Chicago, point out that a common single nucleotide polymorphism in DIO2, Thr92AlaD2, is...
Parental Diabetes Abrogates Ethnic Disparities in Glucoregulation, Study Finds
People whose parents have type 2 diabetes see no ethnic disparities in how they regulate glucose or whether they get type 2 diabetes themselves, according to a study recently published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. A study reported by Ebenezer Nyenwe, MD, FWACP, FACP, FACE as part of a research project directed...
What one doctor noticed a decade ago has been supported by an ever-increasing amount of scientific research: Asians are disproportionately likely to develop diabetes, reports the Los Angeles Times. Ronesha Sinha, MD, a physician in Redwood City, Calif., noticed that his Asian patient population — largely Silicon Valley techies — who were not only slender...
