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Study: Patients may not be receiving recommended follow-up care after bariatric surgery

Patients who have had weight loss surgery may not be receiving follow up care from their GPs as recommended in clinical guidelines - according to new research from the University of East Anglia and the University of Birmingham.

16 Dec 2020

Impaired blood vessel and kidney function underlie heart disease risk in people with HIV

A new study has found impaired blood vessel function in those living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

16 Dec 2020

Study: COVID-19 patients have greater risk of health problems, mortality than those with flu

Almost a year ago, COVID-19 began its global rampage, going on to infect about 69.5 million people and kill about 1.6 million as of early this month.

15 Dec 2020

Neanderthal gene variant increases risk of severe COVID-19

Researchers in Germany have conducted a study showing that between 2 and 8% of people in Eurasia carry a genetic variant inherited from Neanderthals that significantly increases the risk of becoming critically ill with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

15 Dec 2020

Surgical and drug treatment approaches are equally effective for diabetic eye disease

Surgical and injectable drug approaches are equally effective for treatment of bleeding inside the eye from proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), according to a National Eye Institute (NEI)-supported clinical study from the DRCR Retina Network (DRCR.net).

15 Dec 2020

Hazardous chemicals in plastics threaten human health

Plastics contain and leach hazardous chemicals, including endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that threaten human health.

15 Dec 2020

Study explores link between aging, obesity, and metabolic diseases

Unraveling the links among obesity, aging, telomere lengths and metabolic diseases is the subject of the study published today in Nature Metabolism by a collaborative research team at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).

14 Dec 2020

Research shows fitness suffered in most individuals during COVID-19

Researchers from the University of Texas, San Antonio and UT-Health Sciences, Texas, recently attempted to fill this knowledge gap by addressing how the COVID-19 pandemic and related stay-at-home orders are changing the daily habits of individuals.

14 Dec 2020

Multisystem immune-related adverse events linked with improved survival from immunotherapy in NSCLC

The results of a large, retrospective study of patients who received a form of immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) revealed that patients may get more than one immune-related side effect, and identified a correlation between these multisystem immune-related adverse events (irAEs) and improved patient survival.

14 Dec 2020

Researchers in Canada explore risks of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in retirement homes

Researchers at the McMaster University, Canada, have found that the higher the population in retirement homes, the higher the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks. Moreover, they found that retirement homes in a community with a higher ethnic concentration are also more likely to face COVID-19 outbreaks.

14 Dec 2020

Study implicates diaphragm dysfunction as a potential cause for prolonged COVID-19 impairments

Using a neuromuscular ultrasound technique, researchers reveal that COVID-19 patients have a very high prevalence of diaphragm dysfunction.

14 Dec 2020

Study unlocks some muscle cell secrets

A muscle fiber consists of just one cell, but many nuclei. A team at the MDC led by Professor Carmen Birchmeier has now shown just how varied these nuclei are.

11 Dec 2020

Study: Most pregnant patients who tested positive for coronavirus were asymptomatic

The majority of pregnant women who tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival to the delivery room were asymptomatic, according to a paper by Mount Sinai researchers published in PLOS One on Thursday, December 10.

11 Dec 2020

Researchers develop new online calculator for estimating mortality risk from COVID-19

A new online calculator for estimating individual and community-level risk of dying from COVID-19 has been developed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

11 Dec 2020

Innovations to fix our food systems could have unintended consequences

Protein derived from organic waste to feed livestock could decrease demand for soybean meal. This could lead to less deforestation caused by soy farming.

11 Dec 2020

Favipiravir does not attenuate the progression of COVID-19

Scientists have conducted an observational study to evaluate the efficacy of an anti-influenza medicine favipiravir in treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

11 Dec 2020

Pulmonary rehabilitation may promote recovery in severe COVID-19

A new study compares rehabilitation outcomes between COVID-19 patients and those with ordinary pneumonia, to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.

11 Dec 2020

Study highlights shared risk of diabetes in dogs and pet owners

Owners of a dog with diabetes are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than owners of a dog without diabetes.

11 Dec 2020

Teenagers with severe obesity and type 2 diabetes can benefit from bariatric surgery

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in patients with type 2 diabetes, and youth with severe obesity and type 2 diabetes face a high risk of developing cardiovascular disease during their lifetime.

11 Dec 2020

Researchers deploy new framework for eliminating defects in health care value

A new paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst states that the U.S. health care system spends in excess of $1.3 trillion annually on sub-optimal behavior and outlines a roadmap for reducing costs by eliminating defects in health care value.

10 Dec 2020

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Endocrinology News and Research

Latest Endocrinology News and Research

Study: Patients may not be receiving recommended follow-up care after bariatric surgery

Impaired blood vessel and kidney function underlie heart disease risk in people with HIV

Study: COVID-19 patients have greater risk of health problems, mortality than those with flu

Neanderthal gene variant increases risk of severe COVID-19

Surgical and drug treatment approaches are equally effective for diabetic eye disease

Hazardous chemicals in plastics threaten human health

Study explores link between aging, obesity, and metabolic diseases

Research shows fitness suffered in most individuals during COVID-19

Multisystem immune-related adverse events linked with improved survival from immunotherapy in NSCLC

Researchers in Canada explore risks of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in retirement homes

Study implicates diaphragm dysfunction as a potential cause for prolonged COVID-19 impairments

Study unlocks some muscle cell secrets

Study: Most pregnant patients who tested positive for coronavirus were asymptomatic

Researchers develop new online calculator for estimating mortality risk from COVID-19

Innovations to fix our food systems could have unintended consequences

Favipiravir does not attenuate the progression of COVID-19

Pulmonary rehabilitation may promote recovery in severe COVID-19

Study highlights shared risk of diabetes in dogs and pet owners

Teenagers with severe obesity and type 2 diabetes can benefit from bariatric surgery

Researchers deploy new framework for eliminating defects in health care value

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