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ENDO 08 Research Summaries

Absorption of thyroid drug levothyroxine improves with vitamin C
Adult stem cells improve fracture healing
Aerobic exercise increases a blood protein that may suppress appetite
Age at puberty linked to mother’s prenatal diet
Another possible heart disease risk factor for overweight women: low growth hormone
Athletic benefit of growth hormone doping: Is it all in the athlete’s mind?
Blood proteins may be future markers for growth hormone doping
Brief program advising healthier lifestyle helps reduce metabolic syndrome
Current screening test for prediabetes in children misses the diagnosis too often
Diabetes drug slows early-onset puberty in girls
Diabetic women get less intense treatment of heart disease than men
Dwarfism caused by defect in growth hormone signaling pathway
Estrogen therapy helps or hurts the brain depending on reproductive status
Exercise reduces hunger in lean women but not obese women
For kids, ongoing diabetes education more important than type of initial education
Frequency of jawbone disease associated with osteoporosis drugs described in a large U.S. patient study
Future hope for patients with breast cancers resistant to tamoxifen
Gene therapy improves survival and quality of life of dogs with cancer
Heightened sense of taste can promote weight loss
Hormone can show how fast a woman’s biological clock is ticking
Hormone disorder may contribute to lack of menstruation in teenage athletes
Laparoscopic weight-loss surgery improves health of morbidly obese teens
Low testosterone appears to increase long-term risk of death
Low testosterone may cause health problems that lead to erectile dysfunction
Moderate fitness lowers risk of death for men with type 2 diabetes, whether obese or normal weight
New criteria improve diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency in young adults
New weight loss diet recommends high-carb and protein big breakfast
Once-yearly drug effectively treats or prevents steroid-induced osteoporosis
Overweight does not decrease sperm production
Prediabetes increases risk of high blood pressure regardless of race
Probable obesity gene found, is common in Native Americans
Red wine’s resveratrol may help battle obesity
Rosiglitazone increases bone thinning in women
Severe insulin resistance may increase rate of pregnancy and birth complications
Some patients may not need insulin for long-term control of type 2 diabetes
Study is key for approval of first drug for female sexual dysfunction
Study shows “being fat in today’s world” invites social discrimination
Test can detect growth hormone doping even when athletes also use testosterone
Testosterone replacement benefits older men with low testosterone
Testosterone replacement in older men does not increase risk of prostate cancer
Testosterone replacement is safe in older men with low testosterone
Weight loss after gastric bypass surgery may protect against infection and cancer
Why don’t thin people gain weight after overeating?

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