In areas of uncertainty, professional judgment was applied. These guidelines are a working document that reflects the state of the field at the time of publication. Because rapid changes in this area are expected, periodic revisions are inevitable. Medical professionals are encouraged to use this ...
R28. Monitor serial changes in lumbar spine, total hip, or femoral neck bone mineral density; if lumbar spine, hip, or both are not evaluable, monitoring with 1/3 radius site may be acceptable but is limited by a small area and a very large least significant change (LSC) (Grade B; ...
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Of program directors, 54 (51.9%) responded. They reported that 35 of the programs provide education on transgender topics. "However, 93.8% indicated that fellowship training in this area is important," the authors write. Respondents said barriers to education included low interest in and experience...
"As awareness and insurance coverage of transgender healthcare has increased, there is growing demand for healthcare providers with expertise in this area," said the study's first author, Caroline Davidge-Pitts, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. "It is crucial for endocrinologists to ...
Comparative Effectiveness Research Using the Electronic Medical Record: An Emerging Area of Investigation in Pediatric Primary Care Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of chronic liver disease in children and adolescents in the United States, and most proba... AG Fiks,...
Patients with stage I and stage II disease, however, fall into a grayer area. In these situations, I explain to the patient that, although radioactive iodine therapy facilitates monitoring of the disease, newer tools, such as ultrasound and thyroglobulin blood tests, allow us to ...
Aging is associated with a decrease in the time of sun exposure, in the area of the exposed surface, and in the efficiency of the skin production of vitamin D [72]. Furthermore, from November to March the intensity of UVB rays is insufficient for the conversion of 7-dehydro-cholesterol ...
The 3-year results from the SURMOUNT-1 trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, have revealed that tirzepatide significantly reduced the risk of progression to type 2 diabetes (T2D) in individuals with obesity and prediabetes. T2D onset was reported in just 1.3% of those rece...