35% of UpToDate topics are updated every four months. The editors select a small number of the most important updates and share them via "What's new" page. I selected the brief excerpts below from What's new in endocrinology:
Teriparatide (parathyroid hormone) did not accelerate fracture healing in postmenopausal women with distal radial fractures.
Transdermal teriparatide patch worked as well as teriparatide injection in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.
Orlistat (Xenical, Alli) in obesity
Severe liver injury has been reported rarely with the use of orlistat (13 reports). Over the ten year period of the review, an estimated 40 million people worldwide used orlistat.
References:
What's new in endocrinology and diabetes mellitus. UpToDate.
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