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A new study found that brighter indoor lighting during the day and dimmer lighting in the evening may provide cardiometabolic benefits such as lower glucose and improved energy expenditure. It was the top story in endocrinology last week.

Patients with asthma who switched from a metered-dose inhaler to a dry-powder inhaler cut their inhaler carbon footprint by more than half, without loss of asthma control, according to data published in Thorax.“Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were banned from being used as aerosol propellants under the 1987 Montreal Protocol agreement due to their harmful effects on global warming and ozone

The 2022 Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award was given to L. Scott Levin, MD, FACS, FAOA, FAAOS, for his work integrating the specialties of orthopedic and plastic surgery to improve extremity reconstruction and restoration.According to a press release, Levin has more than 40 years of experience in reconstructive microsurgery research, is double-board certified in orthopedic surgery and

Pregnant women who report a penicillin allergy can safely undergo penicillin skin testing and incremental drug challenges without adverse effects in their pregnancy, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Beta-lactam antibiotics are first-line treatment for preterm pre-labor rupture of membranes (PROM), chorioamnionitis and prophylaxis for cesarean

The COVID-19 pandemic had significant repercussions on the health care system. As lockdowns went into effect, patients postponed, canceled or simply did not make needed medical appointments. These lapses in care included missed breast cancer screenings, which have the potential to save lives. As the pandemic continued, though, health care providers adapted. We spoke with Meghan E. Musser, DO,

Lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab conferred significantly longer PFS and OS than chemotherapy among women with advanced endometrial cancer, according to randomized, phase 3 trial results published in The New England Journal of Medicine.The latest findings of KEYNOTE-775/Study 309 showed benefits “both [among women with mismatch repair-proficient disease] and in the overall trial population of

Researchers discovered what they described as a “highly virulent” variant of HIV-1 that has been circulating in the Netherlands for the past 2 decades. Writing in Science, Chris Wymant, PhD, MSc, senior researcher at the University of Oxford’s Big Data Institute, and colleagues explained that they were conducting an ongoing study called the BEEHIVE project when they discovered

Germline microRNA-based biomarkers accurately predicted grade 2 or higher immune-related adverse events associated with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy among patients with various cancer types, according to study results.Researchers described the findings, published in Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer, as a key step toward personalizing checkpoint inhibitor therapy among patients with cancer.

In a single-center case series published in JAMA, survival after lung transplant was 100% among 30 patients with COVID-19-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome.“This study proves lung transplantation is highly effective and successful in critically ill COVID-19 patients,” Ankit Bharat, MD, chief of thoracic surgery at Northwestern Medicine and executive director of the

TAMPA, Fla. — Results of a pilot study presented at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting provided quantitative evidence that unicompartmental knee arthroplasty restored native kinematics better than total knee arthroplasty.“Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty more closely approximates native knee kinematics as observed by its kinematic similarities with the contralateral