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The latest endocrinology news from News Medical |
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 | | |  People judge weight loss more harshly when GLP-1 drugs are involved, study finds In four pre-registered studies across Belgium, the US, and the UK, people judged anti-obesity medication users as putting in less effort and, in turn, viewed them as less moral, competent, warm, and deserving than non-users. The findings suggest that effort moralization may help drive stigma around GLP-1-based weight-loss treatment, even when medication is used alongside diet and exercise. | | | | |  Vitamin E intake linked to a key fertility hormone in women trying to conceive A cross-sectional study of 97 women with infertility found that higher vitamin E intake was associated with lower prolactin levels and smaller hip circumference. Riboflavin and calcium intake were linked to higher muscle mass percentage, but the findings are association-based and need confirmation in longitudinal studies. | |
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|  | | | | |  Traditional plant extract may treat bone and mood disorders in postmenopausal women Postmenopausal women are at higher risk for both osteoporosis and depression, yet no single treatment effectively addresses both conditions because their shared biological basis remains poorly understood. | |  | | | | |  GLP-1 drugs promise wider health benefits, but experts urge caution on use GLP-1 receptor agonists are reshaping care for type 2 diabetes, obesity, chronic kidney disease, and obstructive sleep apnea, with evidence for glycemic, weight-loss, cardiovascular, and renal benefits. The review urges nurse practitioners to balance expanding clinical promise with careful prescribing, patient education, monitoring, access advocacy, and vigilance for gastrointestinal, endocrine, pregnancy-related, and rare serious risks. | | | | | | |  Scientists will probe whether processing itself makes ultra-processed foods harmful A randomized controlled trial protocol will test whether the cardiometabolic risks linked to ultra-processed foods stem from industrial processing, poor nutrient composition, or both. Using four controlled diets, researchers will separate the effects of UPF content from saturated fat, added sugar, and sodium on LDL cholesterol, insulin resistance, and blood pressure. | |
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| | | |  An AI model (REDMOD) can pick up the very early subtle tissue changes of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, the most common form of pancreatic cancer, which conventional imaging and the human eye find difficult to detect, finds research published online in the journal Gut. | | | | |  Rare sugars such as allulose and tagatose may help blunt post-meal glucose rises while offering sweetness and food functionality closer to regular sugar. Current evidence is promising but still limited by small, short-term human studies. | | | | |  Cases of several cancers are rising in England among both younger and older adults, but rates of bowel and ovarian cancer are rising only among younger adults (under 50s), finds research published in the open access journal BMJ Oncology. | | | | |  The study highlights early microvascular impairment in adolescents with type 1 diabetes, emphasizing the importance of monitoring vascular health in this group. | | | | |  Virginia Tech scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute say the increased risk of cardiovascular disease after menopause may stem not only from declining hormone levels, but also from how those changes influence gene activity. | | | | |  A study published today in PLOS Medicine has identified two new genetic pathways that contribute to cardiometabolic disease, which includes heart disease, obesity and diabetes. | | | | |  Brief brisk walking breaks during prolonged sitting improved post-meal interstitial glucose responses in healthy adults after carbohydrate-rich meals, with the strongest effects seen in women. Gluteal fat showed a more stable glucose pattern than abdominal fat, suggesting it may help buffer carbohydrate-related glucose rises through depot-specific uptake and lipid-synthesis pathways. | | | | |  This study analyzes BRCA testing patterns in U.S. breast cancer patients, highlighting barriers and disparities in access to genetic testing and precision care. | | | | |  Researchers developed Reti-Pioneer, an AI retinal imaging framework that screened for six endocrine and metabolic diseases using color fundus photographs and clinical metadata. The system showed moderate-to-strong performance across cohorts, improved specialist decision-making, and demonstrated promising, though still preliminary, potential for faster, scalable disease screening. | | | | |  Identifying lipid-linked genetic pathways in Asian Indians offers insights into diabetes and heart disease, crucial for developing ancestry-specific therapies. | | | | |  Uterine fibroids may be less common in Latina women than earlier estimates suggested, according to new research. | | | | | _1b78fec41a5143afb6e7b9ad317023d2-300x250__639131899329953311_multisizecolor_150_gray.jpg) Insulin resistance is a common extrahepatic manifestation of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection (HCVi), but its mechanism is poorly understood. | |
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