Oncology & Cancer
In-utero exposures associated with increased risk of thyroid cancer
A recent study by prof. Tone Bjørge, University of Bergen, and her team shows that thyroid cancer is related to in-utero exposures.
Jan 5, 2021
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The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
Diabetes
Testosterone can prevent type 2 diabetes in men
The largest investigation of testosterone treatment ever undertaken has shown that, over and above the effect of a lifestyle program, treatment with testosterone prevents or reverses newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes in men.
Dec 16, 2020
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Medications
A glucose-lowering drug can protect kidneys in type 1 diabetes patients
A glucose-lowering drug commonly used in patients with type 2 diabetes, can protect the kidneys in patients with type 1 diabetes. According to results shown in a new study published in The Lancet.
Oct 29, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 and diabetes: what is the evidence?
In the COVID-19 special session taking place at the online Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Prof. Juliana Chan, (The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Prince of Wales Hospital, ...
Sep 23, 2020
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Diabetes
Welcome news for pregnant women with type 2 diabetes
A world-first, international study of a common treatment for women with Type 2 diabetes, has found that the drug may also offer a range of health benefits should they become pregnant.
Sep 16, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Data clearly show the more serious trajectory of COVID-19 disease in people with obesity
Data presented at one of the opening sessions at this year's European and International Congress on Obesity (ECOICO 2020) held online this year (1-4 September) will show the clear relationship between obesity and the severity ...
Sep 1, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Simple urine test could significantly improve detection of adrenal cancer
Using a simple urine test alongside routine imaging for patients with adrenal masses could speed up adrenal cancer diagnosis, improving patient's prognosis and reducing the need for invasive diagnostic procedures, a new multi-centre ...
Jul 24, 2020
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Health
Hormones are not the key to younger women's sexual function
A Monash University study into the causes of sexual dysfunction in young women has found social factors play just as important a role as hormone levels, and hormone therapy should not be prescribed as the only treatment.
Jul 22, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
High cortisol levels associated with greater risk of death from COVID-19
COVID-19 patients with extremely high levels of the stress hormone cortisol in their blood are more likely to deteriorate quickly and die, according to new research published today.
Jun 18, 2020
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Medical research
Why a large hip circumference protects from type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease
In a Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology review article, Norbert Stefan from the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), the University Hospital of Tübingen and the Boston Children's Hospital highlights why and to what extent ...
Jun 18, 2020
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