New research indicates that as little as 3 years of using combined estrogen and progestin menopausal hormone therapy (CHT) substantially increases the risk of developing lobular breast carcinoma. Reuters Health Information
Reports from ASRS 2007 highlighted the use of VEGF inhibition in AMD and diabetic macular edema as well as novel therapies for retinal disease. Medscape Ophthalmology
As a treatment for obesity in childhood, correction of acquired hypothyroidism seldom results in weight loss, even among the most severe cases, study findings suggest. Reuters Health Information
In a randomized controlled trial, supplementation with ergocalciferol and calcium vs calcium alone reduced the risk for falls by 19% in elderly women, mostly in winter. Medscape Medical News
In community-dwelling men older than 60 years, serum testosterone levels were independently associated with the risk for osteoporotic fracture. Medscape Medical News
In a prospective observational study of pregnant women with type 1 diabetes, the incidence of mild and severe hypoglycemia was highest in early pregnancy. Medscape Medical News
Anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) treatment with etanercept improves longitudinal growth in prepubertal and pubertal children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), according to Scandinavian researchers. Reuters Health Information
Unmedicated depressed patients have elevated brain serotonin turnover, according to a report in the January Archives of General Psychiatry. Reuters Health Information
Major depression is "highly prevalent" among diabetic patients, according to findings published in the January issue of Diabetes Care. Reuters Health Information
Eighteen years of follow-up show that men have twice the risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality as women. However, diabetes is a stronger risk factor for IHD mortality for women than men, so the gender gap in IHD mortality narrows in the presence of diabetes, investigators report. Reuters Health Information