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Bioavailability studies presented at ENDO 2022 showed that patients with hypothyroidism can safely take the liquid formulations of levothyroxine (LT4) 15 or 30 minutes before meals, without having to worry about food effect on bioavailability.

In euthyroid patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), higher values of thyroid hormone sensitivity markers, such as the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) index (TSHI) and thyroid feedback quantile-based index (TFQI), appear to aggravate the risk of advanced fibrosis, a recent study has found.

Parathyroidectomy yields excellent surgical outcomes in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), whether or not intraoperative localization technique (IOLT) or intraoperative parathyroid hormone (IOPTH) monitoring have been used, reports a recent study.

While diabetes is a risk factor for cataract, glucose-lowering medications appear to have a protective effect on the risks of open-angle glaucoma (OAG) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), as shown in a study.

Elevated levels of glycated albumin appear to indicate a greater risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among adults, regardless of their diabetes status, according to a study.

In patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) or heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), neutrophils seem to secrete more cytokines, contributing to low-grade chronic inflammation, a recent study reports.

In adults with overweight/obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), daily administration of growth hormone (GH) reduced hepatic steatosis and improved markers of hepatic inflammation and fibrosis, a study has shown.

In patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), abdominal aortic calcification might be an important indicator of coronary artery disease (CAD) and cerebral infarction (CI), a new study has found.