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ENDO 2018: Insulin Pump Known to Be Effective in Adolescents, Adults Also Benefits Children

The MiniMed™ 670G insulin pump system (Medtronic, Northridge, California) can improve glycemic outcomes in children with type 1 diabetes as young as seven years of age, according to an industry-funded study. The results were presented  at ENDO 2018, the 100th annual meeting of the Endocrine Society in Chicago, Ill. “The MiniMed™ 670G system can effectively...
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Treating Menopause Symptoms Reduces Abdominal Fat Tissue

Menopausal hormone therapy users tend to have less fat, lower BMI Women who undergo hormone therapy to relieve menopausal symptoms tend to have less fat tissue, particularly in the abdomen, than other menopausal women, according to a new study published in the  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. “When we studied a large sample of women...
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Endocrine Society Awards Inaugural Baxter Prize to Women’s Health Entrepreneur

DSC_5060-360dpi French researcher André Ulmann honored for innovation in hormone science, medicine French physician and researcher André Ulmann, M.D., Ph.D., won the Endocrine Society’s first-ever John D. Baxter Prize for Entrepreneurship for his advances in women’s health and rare endocrine conditions, the Society announced today. Ulmann founded HRA Pharma and built the company into a leader...
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Endocrine Society Releases Updated Testosterone Therapy Guideline

New scientific evidence has strengthened the case for reserving testosterone therapy for well-documented cases of hypogonadism, a condition where the body does not produce enough testosterone, Endocrine Society experts concluded in an updated Clinical Practice Guideline released today. The guideline, entitled “Testosterone Therapy in Men with Hypogonadism: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline,” was published...
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Young Hearts Run Free

YoungHearts_586279172 A new study shows that heavier adolescents may have an increased risk of succumbing to a cardiovascular event death in middle age. What can be done earlier in life to forestall these events and should researchers take another look at what constitutes an ideal body mass index for kids? February is American Heart Month and...
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Common Birth Control Shot Linked to Risk of HIV Infection

Transitioning away from a popular contraceptive shot known as DMPA could help protect women in Sub-Saharan Africa and other high-risk regions from becoming infected with HIV, according to a research review published in Endocrine Reviews. The predominant contraceptive in Sub-Saharan Africa is depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA)—a birth control shot administered every three months. Human studies suggest...