
Miriam E. Tucker
Contributing Writer at Medscape
Contributing Writer at The Washington Post
Contributing Writer at Freelance
Writer/journalist specializing in medicine/health. Living with type 1 diabetes since 1973.
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1 week ago |
portugues.medscape.com | Miriam E. Tucker
Dados inéditos sobre os benefícios dos novos medicamentos antiobesidade para algumas doenças cutâneas crônicas sugerem um potencial uso na dermatologia, bem como um papel ativo para dermatologistas no controle da obesidade. Os agonistas do receptor do peptídeo 1 glucagonoide (GLP-1) foram desenvolvidos inicialmente para o tratamento do diabetes mellitus do tipo 2 (DM2), mas logo despontaram como medicamentos antiobesidade, usados com o objetivo de promover a perda de peso.
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1 week ago |
medscape.com | Miriam E. Tucker
ORLANDO, Fla. — A program at Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina, is currently one of just two in the United States that trains nurse practitioners (NPs) to provide endocrine specialty care, but more could be on the way.
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2 weeks ago |
medscape.com | Miriam E. Tucker
ORLANDO, Florida — Extreme fatigue, bone loss, and abdominal pain are real-world adverse events noted with the use of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1s) that may not have been apparent from the clinical trials. In a wide-ranging “meet the professor” lecture at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE) Annual Meeting 2025, obesity expert W. Timothy Garvey, MD, the Charles E.
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2 weeks ago |
medscape.com | Miriam E. Tucker
ORLANDO, Fla. — After 2 years of treatment with the parathyroid hormone (PTH) analog palopegteriparatide (Yorvipath), adults with chronic hypoparathyroidism demonstrated continued improvement in renal function and skeletal dynamics, with no new safety issues identified. In hypoparathyroidism, low levels of PTH lead to hypocalcemia, hypercalciuria, and kidney damage, as well as reduced bone turnover and elevated fracture risk.
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2 weeks ago |
medscape.com | Miriam E. Tucker
ORLANDO, Florida — Sotagliflozin (Inpefa) reduces A1c and body weight in people with type 2 diabetes, although the degree of improvement was attenuated in those with moderate-to-severe chronic kidney disease (CKD).
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