TMS 2026: OB/GYN visits had nearly 4-fold higher odds of menopause coding than family medicine visits, with disparities by race and insurance, a study found.
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The Weekly Dose: New Endocrine Guidelines, Digital Asthma Gains, AI Trust Gap, GLP-1 & Dementia Risk, First CHE Treatment
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Explore the latest insights on diabetes in pregnancy, asthma management disparities, AI in health care, dementia risk reduction, and new eczema treatments.
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This week’s Weekly Dose covers new Endocrine Society guidelines on preexisting diabetes in pregnancy and primary aldosteronism screening, a digital asthma management tool that improved symptoms but revealed disparities, public perceptions of physicians using AI, evidence linking GLP-1 receptor agonists to reduced dementia risk, and the FDA’s first approved treatment for chronic hand eczema.
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JoAnn Pinkerton, MD, discusses new research she presented at The Menopause Society 2026 Annual Meeting on elinzanetant for menopausal vasomotor symptoms.
TMS 2026: Women exercising at least 5 days a week reported lower perimenopause symptom scores across psychological, somatic, and urogenital domains.
TMS 2026: Menopause hormone therapy was associated with greater weight loss on semaglutide, but not sustained additional benefits with tirzepatide, in a new study.
Hormone Therapy Linked to More Frequent Migraines, but Not Greater Severity, in Postmenopausal Women
TMS 2026: A meta-analysis of 5 studies found hormone therapy linked to more frequent migraine attacks and migraine days, but not greater severity or analgesic use.
TMS 2026: In ARIC, menopause before age 40 was linked to higher CVD and CHD risk, with insulin resistance mediating about 19% of the association.
TMS 2026: Post hoc OASIS 1 and 2 data show more women on elinzanetant reported improvement across all 8 PROMIS sleep disturbance items vs placebo at week 12.
In a pilot study of 20 midlife women with vasomotor symptoms, an AI-enabled VR program delivering CBT showed early feasibility and acceptability.
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