<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><link>http://www.healio.com/rss</link><copyright>(c) 2015, Slack Incorporated. All rights reserved.</copyright><updated>2/14/2015 8:58:35 AM</updated><ttl>5</ttl><title>Healio.com ENDOCRINOLOGY RSS Feed</title><description>The latest news and articles from the Healio.com, leading publication on the web.</description><item><title>Age-related decrease in IGFs may affect fat mass regulation</title><description>Concentrations of insulin-like growth factors I and II appear to diminish with age, with greater reductions associated with higher levels of fat mass, according to research published in Obesity.The findings, based on data from a longitudinal British birth cohort study, could offer evidence for the roles of IGF-I and IGF-II in regulating fat mass, but not lean mass, in late midlife.</description><link>http://www.healio.com/endocrinology/obesity/news/online/{e1786a9d-d6d2-4ada-824e-f9b6fb51cbd5}/age-related-decrease-in-igfs-may-affect-fat-mass-regulation</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2015 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>{E1786A9D-D6D2-4ADA-824E-F9B6FB51CBD5}</guid></item><item><title>Primary care interventions linked to increased physical activity</title><description>Obese, middle-aged women had significantly increased short-term physical activity levels when they participated in high-contact, interventionist-led groups, according to data from the Healthy Body, Healthy Hearts study.“Women who participated in programs in their doctor’s office had a structured environment allowing them to focus on their lifestyle habits like eating and exercising, and make changes,” Molly Conroy, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine, epidemiology and clinical and translational science at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, said in a press release. </description><link>http://www.healio.com/family-medicine/nutrition-and-fitness/news/online/{6a743f80-e9d9-4e31-a7e5-c32b339ad1bb}/primary-care-interventions-linked-to-increased-physical-activity</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2015 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>{6A743F80-E9D9-4E31-A7E5-C32B339AD1BB}</guid></item><item><title>FDA approves Lenvima for progressive differentiated thyroid cancer</title><description>The FDA today approved lenvatinib for patients with differentiated thyroid cancer whose disease progressed after receiving radioactive iodine therapy. “The development of new therapies to assist patients with refractory disease is of high importance to the FDA,” Richard Pazdur, MD, director of the Office of Hematology and Oncology Products in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in a press release. “Today’s approval gives patients and health care professionals a new therapy to help slow the progression of [differentiated thyroid cancer.]”</description><link>http://www.healio.com/hematology-oncology/head-neck-cancer/news/online/{d845a651-de03-4bc8-ac70-335aabdc9169}/fda-approves-lenvima-for-progressive-differentiated-thyroid-cancer</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2015 12:14:14 GMT</pubDate><guid>{D845A651-DE03-4BC8-AC70-335AABDC9169}</guid></item><item><title>Risk of ED visits, hospitalizations for asthma decrease after bariatric surgery</title><description>Bariatric surgery reduced the risk of an ED visit or hospitalization for asthma exacerbation by half and remained lower for at least 2 years after surgery, according to study results. Kohei Hasegawa, MD, MPH, of the department of emergency medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, and colleagues, conducted a self-controlled case series study of 2,261 obese patients with asthma aged 18 to 54 years who underwent bariatric surgery in California, Florida or Nebraska between 2005 and 2011. The researchers looked at each patient’s risk for an ED visit or hospitalization for an asthma exacerbation 2 years prior to and 2 years after bariatric surgery.</description><link>http://www.healio.com/allergy-immunology/asthma-lower-airway-diseases/news/online/{f3f6481c-b255-431c-90a8-eff14cf42973}/risk-of-ed-visits-hospitalizations-for-asthma-decrease-after-bariatric-surgery</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2015 12:09:36 GMT</pubDate><guid>{F3F6481C-B255-431C-90A8-EFF14CF42973}</guid></item><item><title>Depression not linked to insulin resistance in patients with diabetes, HCV</title><description>Depression was not associated with peripheral insulin resistance among a cohort of patients with diabetes and hepatitis C virus infection, according to a study data published in the Journal of Viral Hepatitis.Researchers enrolled 74 patients with diabetes (non-type 2) and HCV (mean age, 48 years) in the cross-sectional study and evaluated data after extensive comprehensive, clinical, histologic and metabolic testing to determine whether insulin resistance was associated with depression. Insulin was appraised through an insulin resistance test that measured steady-state plasma glucose and logistic regression analyses was used to evaluate predictors associated with depression, according to the research. </description><link>http://www.healio.com/hepatology/hepatitis-c/news/online/{d4c30b26-047b-4dec-a22c-b58b2dd01568}/depression-not-linked-to-insulin-resistance-in-patients-with-diabetes-hcv</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:42:03 GMT</pubDate><guid>{D4C30B26-047B-4DEC-A22C-B58B2DD01568}</guid></item><item><title>Tyrosine amino acids potential targets for diabetes treatment in South Asian men</title><description>Levels of tyrosine, along with several other amino acids, are more strongly associated with increased diabetes risk in South Asian men than in European men, according to research published in Diabetologia.“The study fits another piece in the jigsaw of complicated underlying reasons as to why South Asians are at such high risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared with European origin populations,” Therese Tillin, MSc, MBBS, of the University College London Institute of Cardiovascular Science, London, U.K. told Endocrine Today.</description><link>http://www.healio.com/endocrinology/diabetes/news/online/{d5c0ab33-9011-4646-80b6-ee895f24199d}/tyrosine-amino-acids-potential-targets-for-diabetes-treatment-in-south-asian-men</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:28:13 GMT</pubDate><guid>{D5C0AB33-9011-4646-80B6-EE895F24199D}</guid></item><item><title>Lower socioeconomic status increases risk for childhood obesity</title><description>Children from families with lower income have a higher risk for obesity and have less healthy physical fitness status, according to study findings in Preventing Chronic Disease.“Socioeconomic status may play a role in both childhood obesity prevalence and children’s physical fitness levels,” study researcher Yichen Jin, MSPH, CPH, of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and colleagues wrote. “Low [socioeconomic status] can be a barrier to physical activity and healthful eating, and children who regularly perform high-intensity activity tend to be more physically fit.”</description><link>http://www.healio.com/pediatrics/adolescent-medicine/news/online/{6c20892b-5052-45a8-b680-4c9a3dd75a56}/lower-socioeconomic-status-increases-risk-for-childhood-obesity</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2015 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>{6C20892B-5052-45A8-B680-4C9A3DD75A56}</guid></item><item><title>Hormone replacement therapy increases risk for ovarian cancer</title><description>Women who used hormone replacement therapy — even only for a few years — demonstrated an increased risk for serous and endometrioid ovarian cancer, according to study results.“For women who take hormone replacement therapy for 5 years from around age 50, there will be about one extra ovarian cancer for every 1,000 users and one extra ovarian cancer death for every 1,700 users,” Sir Richard Peto, professor of medical statistics and epidemiology at the University of Oxford, said in a press release.</description><link>http://www.healio.com/hematology-oncology/gynecologic-cancer/news/online/{97982db4-e0c3-4533-b8be-2b22e4d72d0a}/hormone-replacement-therapy-increases-risk-for-ovarian-cancer</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2015 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>{97982DB4-E0C3-4533-B8BE-2B22E4D72D0A}</guid></item><item><title>More education needed for diabetes treatment of commercial drivers</title><description>Some health care providers reported they are not familiar with current regulations and management strategies regarding commercial driver’s license holders, suggesting that more diabetes education is needed, according to study findings published in The Diabetes Educator.Jessica L. Kerr, PharmD, CDE, of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy, and colleagues conducted a survey-based study of 136 American Association of Diabetes Educators members to determine their knowledge of regulations concerning insulin use in commercial driver’s license (CDL) holders, as well as to evaluate diabetes management and changing prescribing habits in the population.</description><link>http://www.healio.com/endocrinology/diabetes-education/news/online/{e60f4d83-8a72-40b3-8a67-5b089ddcb4f9}/more-education-needed-for-diabetes-treatment-of-commercial-drivers</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>{E60F4D83-8A72-40B3-8A67-5B089DDCB4F9}</guid></item><item><title>Reduced sexual function may cause decreases in serum testosterone</title><description>Decline in sexual activity and desire, but not erectile function, was consistently associated with reduced serum testosterone levels in older men, according to research published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &amp; Metabolism. Although the observational findings do not prove causality, the slight degree of decrease seen in serum testosterone suggests that diminished sexual function could actually reduce the reproductive hormone rather than the opposite, according to researchers. </description><link>http://www.healio.com/endocrinology/reproduction-androgen-disorders/news/online/{2a89db38-69cf-4162-abb5-31953353d2dd}/reduced-sexual-function-may-cause-decreases-in-serum-testosterone</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2015 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>{2A89DB38-69CF-4162-ABB5-31953353D2DD}</guid></item><item><title>Community health workers fill treatment gaps for Latino diabetes population</title><description>A structured intervention steered by community health workers effectively improved glycemic control in Latinos with type 2 diabetes, according to research published in Diabetes Care.“Community health workers filled huge vacuums of needs that are currently not being addressed by health care, public care and social assistance systems surrounding the target community,” the researchers wrote.</description><link>http://www.healio.com/endocrinology/diabetes/news/online/{4b37f57d-8f2a-4c57-8f12-8622c81a3c08}/community-health-workers-fill-treatment-gaps-for-latino-diabetes-population</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>{4B37F57D-8F2A-4C57-8F12-8622C81A3C08}</guid></item><item><title>Diet, exercise alone not sufficient obesity treatment for most</title><description>Researchers suggest that obesity is a chronic disease with a number of biological causes that make it impossible to be cured with diet and exercise alone in a recently published comment in The Lancet Diabetes &amp; Endocrinology.Eighty percent to 95% of people with obesity who lose weight eventually regain it. Several biological systems are triggered when caloric intake is reduced, which drives people to eat more high-calorie foods and, in turn, gain or regain weight. According to the researchers lifestyle changes are not enough to override the fat-loss defense for most individuals with sustained obesity.</description><link>http://www.healio.com/endocrinology/obesity/news/online/{d3addbbc-6a68-4638-9dae-903f6f6aa1b7}/diet-exercise-alone-not-sufficient-obesity-treatment-for-most</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:20:21 GMT</pubDate><guid>{D3ADDBBC-6A68-4638-9DAE-903F6F6AA1B7}</guid></item><item><title>Mortality risk higher for older adults with diabetes, hyperglycemic crisis episodes</title><description>A higher risk for mortality was found among older adults with diabetes who experienced hyperglycemic crisis episodes compared with those who did not experience such episodes, according to study findings published in Diabetes Care.How-Ran Guo, MD, ScD, of National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, and colleagues evaluated data from Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Database for 13,551 older patients with new-onset diabetes between 2000 and 2002, including 34,517 with hyperglycemic crisis episodes and 9,034 without (controls). Follow-up was conducted until 2011. </description><link>http://www.healio.com/endocrinology/diabetes/news/online/{53d8fb13-3d37-440b-9563-a1fa6c6c826e}/mortality-risk-higher-for-older-adults-with-diabetes-hyperglycemic-crisis-episodes</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>{53D8FB13-3D37-440B-9563-A1FA6C6C826E}</guid></item><item><title>Salsalate improves glycemia in obese Hispanics without adipose tissue changes</title><description>Metabolic improvements with salsalate therapy appear to occur without changes in adiposity, ectopic fat or adipose tissue gene expression and inflammation, according to research published in Obesity.“Similar to previous studies, we demonstrated that salsalate treatment improved metabolic outcomes and add to the existing literature by showing that these changes occurred without alterations to percent body fat, volume of abdominal adipose tissue depots, liver fat, adipose tissue gene expression of important adipokines (adiponectin, adipsin, leptin), or adipose tissue inflammation,” the researchers wrote.</description><link>http://www.healio.com/endocrinology/obesity/news/online/{38d9fae8-0069-4777-9b42-38100c83f8b3}/salsalate-improves-glycemia-in-obese-hispanics-without-adipose-tissue-changes</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>{38D9FAE8-0069-4777-9B42-38100C83F8B3}</guid></item><item><title>Prenatal exposure to parental smoking increases diabetes risk in adult women</title><description>A predisposition to diabetes in adulthood was found among women who were exposed to tobacco smoke from their parents while still in the womb, according to study findings published in the Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease.“Our findings are consistent with the idea that gestational environmental chemical exposures can contribute to the development of health and disease,” Michele A. La Merrill, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of environmental toxicology at the University of California at Davis, said in a press release. </description><link>http://www.healio.com/endocrinology/diabetes/news/online/{b87649c4-5fb4-4888-bb0e-07db93f7de9f}/prenatal-exposure-to-parental-smoking-increases-diabetes-risk-in-adult-women</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>{B87649C4-5FB4-4888-BB0E-07DB93F7DE9F}</guid></item><item><title>Ethnic differences in fat deposition could explain excess diabetes</title><description>Differences in overall truncal fat and visceral adipose tissue could contribute to the high diabetes prevalence in South Asians and African Caribbeans, particularly among women, according to research published in Obesity.In a community-based follow-up to the SABRE study, which investigated cardiometabolic disease in a multiethnic cohort, researchers in the United Kingdom examined differences in ectopic fat and associations with incident diabetes.</description><link>http://www.healio.com/endocrinology/obesity/news/online/{b8b0a3e6-7418-48fa-939e-38da9cf12450}/ethnic-differences-in-fat-deposition-could-explain-excess-diabetes</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2015 09:17:36 GMT</pubDate><guid>{B8B0A3E6-7418-48FA-939E-38DA9CF12450}</guid></item><item><title>Childhood vitamin D levels linked to carotid IMT in adulthood</title><description>Subclinical atherosclerosis in adulthood was associated with low levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in childhood, according to study findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &amp; Metabolism. Markus Juonala, MD, PhD, of the University of Turku in Finland, and colleagues evaluated data from 2,148 participants in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study collected in 1980 when they were aged 3 to 18 years and again in 2007 when they were aged 30 to 45 years to determine the effect of low 25-(OH)D levels in childhood on carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) in adulthood. </description><link>http://www.healio.com/endocrinology/bone-mineral-metabolism/news/online/{2a88556f-0d6d-4247-8f30-427c2afc74fa}/childhood-vitamin-d-levels-linked-to-carotid-imt-in-adulthood</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>{2A88556F-0D6D-4247-8F30-427C2AFC74FA}</guid></item><item><title>Longer term use of IUD or implant found effective in prospective study</title><description>Both the etonogestrel implant and the 52-mg levonorgestrel IUD are safe and effective when used beyond the current FDA-approved usage duration, according to a recently published study.“The etonogestrel subdermal implant and the 52-mg levonorgestrel IUD are among the most effective forms of reversible contraception available with a failure rate of less than 1% over the 3-year and 5-year FDA-approved durations,” Colleen McNicholas, DO, MSCI, of the division of clinical research at Washington University, and colleagues wrote. </description><link>http://www.healio.com/family-medicine/gynecology-obstetrics/news/online/{e0f049ef-4b1c-402e-b1e3-cfa140a20a71}/longer-term-use-of-iud-or-implant-found-effective-in-prospective-study</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2015 16:04:37 GMT</pubDate><guid>{E0F049EF-4B1C-402E-B1E3-CFA140A20A71}</guid></item><item><title>Napping could reverse health consequences of sleep debt</title><description>Taking naps appears to release stress and deliver positive effects on immune responses, according to research published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &amp; Metabolism. Napping could help counter the detrimental health consequences of sleep debt, including harmful cardiovascular effects, according to researchers.</description><link>http://www.healio.com/endocrinology/neuroendocrinology/news/online/{19dba319-533c-4ea2-be33-e3f362c5d159}/napping-could-reverse-health-consequences-of-sleep-debt</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2015 13:10:48 GMT</pubDate><guid>{19DBA319-533C-4EA2-BE33-E3F362C5D159}</guid></item><item><title>BP reduction in type 2 diabetes may lower CVD risks at levels below guideline recommendations</title><description>A lower risk for cardiovascular disease and coronary heart disease events, as well as improved mortality, was found among patients with type 2 diabetes assigned blood pressure-lowering therapies, according to findings published in JAMA. Kazem Rahimi, DM, MSc, and colleagues from The George Institute for Global Health conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of BP-lowering treatment that included patients with diabetes to determine the effects of treatment on vascular disease among patients with type 2 diabetes. </description><link>http://www.healio.com/endocrinology/diabetes/news/online/{8e4d55e8-d711-4bfa-be5f-3f06e753ed4e}/bp-reduction-in-type-2-diabetes-may-lower-cvd-risks-at-levels-below-guideline-recommendations</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2015 11:12:06 GMT</pubDate><guid>{8E4D55E8-D711-4BFA-BE5F-3F06E753ED4E}</guid></item></channel></rss>