Amit Akirov, MD

The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with acromegaly is similar in the presence of active or inactive disease.

Treatment with either teriparatide or percutaneous vertebroplasty significantly and similarly improved quality of life and reduced pain in patients with acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.

Treatment with canagliflozin was associated with similar reductions in HbA1c compared with any dose of a GLP-1 receptor agonist, with better treatment adherence and lower annual costs.

Testosterone replacement therapy may improve body composition in young male cancer survivors with borderline-low testosterone levels.

In a meta-analysis, researchers aimed to explore the association between denosumab and romosozumab and cardiovascular risk in patients with primary osteoporosis.

Patients with a history of acute pancreatitis may require closer follow-up and control of diabetes risk factors in young adulthood.

Acute pancreatitis should be high on the differential diagnosis list when evaluating abdominal symptoms in adolescents who undergo laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

In older adults, BMI-adjusted waist circumference was positively associated with the incidence of dementia.

The ratio of serum human nonmercaptalbumin to human mercaptalbumin may be a good indicator of systemic oxidative stress and a significant predictor of complications and disability in elderly patients with diabetes.

Elevated calcium levels may lead to suboptimal growth of bone, according to the study’s findings.

In healthy women with normal ovulatory function, treatment with elagolix suppressed ovulation in a dose-dependent manner and reduced endometrial thickness at doses used to treat endometriosis pain.

Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act was found to improve self-reported diabetes management and self-reported health outcomes in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.

This report provides an update on the use of diagnostic tests for asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism in clinical practice.

Rates of parathyroid autotransplantation and the number of inadvertently resected parathyroid glands were significantly lower with the use of near-infrared autofluorescence.

Long-term fatigue should be a consideration when there is an option to choose between total thyroidectomy and thyroid lobectomy.

Based on a case-crossover analysis, there was an increased risk for acute pancreatitis associated with ongoing methimazole/carbimazole or propylthiouracil treatment.

Researchers conducting a comprehensive literature review for painful Hashimoto thyroiditis identified only 70 cases of the rare condition.

Researchers examined whether concentrations of particulate matter 2.5 µm and 10 µm, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, or ozone were linked with prevalence of thyroid nodule.

Combination of non-narcotic medication and superficial cervical block with liposomal bupivacaine may reduce the need for opioids after thyroid or parathyroid surgery.

Obesity was found to be associated with elevated markers of liver damage in children and adolescents.

Combination of cyclical pressure Topical Wound Oxygen (TWO2) therapy with optimal standard of care improves healing and can reduce recurrence of diabetic foot ulcer.

A closed-loop insulin delivery system, also referred to as an artificial pancreas, was found to be more effective than sensor-augmented insulin pump therapy in patients with type 1 diabetes.

Several clinical features can be accurate in differentiating between familial chylomicronemia syndrome and severe hypertriglyceridemia.

Diagnosis of osteoporosis based on QCT analysis is more common in patients with diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance compared with patients with normal glucose tolerance.

One-third of patients with diabetes and HTG overall and approximately 40% of statin users were found to be at high long-term cardiovascular risk.

In patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, bone material strength index was improved 1 year after surgery despite an increase in bone turnover and lower overall areal bone mineral density.

Maternal lead exposure may contribute to the risk for overweight or obesity in offspring across multiple developmental stages, but adequate maternal folate status can mitigate this association.

Short average sleep duration and short weekend catch-up sleep duration is associated with increased risk for obesity.

There were no clear benefits of using faster insulin aspart in closed-loop insulin therapy and the closed-loop algorithm was better adjusted to the use of standard insulin aspart.

Meal consumption in the evening is greater in obese adolescents compared with overweight or normal weight subjects, with later circadian phase of peak intake and lower amplitude.