One year of yoga training decreased pro-inflammatory adipokines and increased an anti-inflammatory adipokine in adults with metabolic syndrome and high-normal blood pressure, according to a study recently published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. Researchers led by Parco Siu, of the University of Hong Kong, point out that lifestyle modification 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...
Mixture of Exposure to EDCs and High-Fat Diet Affects Social Behaviors, Animal Study Finds
A rat model of human prenatal exposure to an environmentally relevant mixture of phthalates – endocrine-disrupting chemicals – and a high-fat diet (HFD) shows that said mixture can impact social behavior, according to a study recently published in Endocrinology. Researchers led by Janice M. Juraska, PhD, of the University of Illinois in Champaign, point out...
Pulmonary Function Should Be Target in Diabetes Care, Researchers Report
Doctors treating patients with type 2 diabetes should consider pulmonary function when providing care to these patients, according to a paper recently published in Endocrine Reviews. The review, by Albert Lecube, of the Universitat de Lleida, Spain, et al, points out that the lung is not usually included in the list of organs affected by...
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...
A high-fat, high-sugar (HFHS) diet may cause obesity-related reproductive dysfunction, according to an animal study that was recently published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society. Researchers led by Natalia Toporikova, PhD, of Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., point out that obesity is associated with multiple metabolic and reproductive disorders, but the mechanisms...
Radioactive Iodine Use in Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer Decreasing
Routine radioactive iodine (RAI) ablation for low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) has decreased over time, yet some patients continue to receive this treatment unnecessarily, according to a study recently published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Researchers led by Masha J. Livhits, MD, of UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine in Los Angeles,...
Thyroid Detection Rate Clarified Following Fukushima Power Plant Accident
Researchers in Japan have for the first time clarified the thyroid cancer detection rate in children and adolescents following the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant disaster in March 2011, according to a study recently published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. The team, led by Hiroki Shimura, MD, PhD, of Fukushima Medical University, points...
