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SEATTLE — Among men aged at least 40 years who experienced a fracture, most with subsequent fractures in the next 2 years had cardiometabolic comorbidities and used medications linked to increased fall risk, according to researchers. “The recognition of associated risk factors can help identify individuals at high risk for subsequent fracture,” Ruban Dhaliwal, MD, MPH, associate ....
SEATTLE — Most adults with hypoparathyroidism no longer needed calcium or vitamin D supplementation after initiating a once-daily active parathyroid hormone drug, according to a speaker. Palopegteriparatide (TransCon PTH, Ascendis Pharma) is an investigational once-daily prodrug with sustained release of active PTH. The agent is being developed as a potential treatment for ....
SEATTLE — Providers treating people with type 2 diabetes should take a complication-centric approach for determining first-line pharmacotherapy, according to a consensus statement. An update to AACE’s Comprehensive Type 2 Diabetes Management Algorithm was published in Endocrine Practice and discussed during a plenary talk at the AACE Annual Scientific and Clinical Conference. The ....
SEATTLE — Hospitalized adults with hypothyroidism who are diagnosed with myxedema coma have a higher mortality rate and are hospitalized for longer than those without myxedema coma, according to a speaker. “Although decompensated hypothyroidism, often called myxedema coma, is recognized as an emergent condition with high mortality, its rarity prevents robust analysis of its ....