A MedPage Today news roundup dated October 6 collects several endocrinology items, most of them pointing to fuller coverage elsewhere. On menopause, the roundup flags a New York Times piece on what wearable devices such as Apple watches can track, and notes that the journal Science devoted an entire special issue to menopause and women's health. Two studies in the roundup add risk data: a meta-analysis of 36 studies, published in JAMA Network Open, found iatrogenic menopause was associated with significantly higher risk of stroke, coronary heart disease, composite cardiovascular events, and all-cause mortality. Separately, a prospective cohort study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism linked functional hypothalamic amenorrhea in mid-adulthood to elevated coronary heart disease risk, independent of traditional cardiovascular risk factors.
On weight and metabolic care, the roundup cites JAMA Pediatrics data showing GLP-1 prescribing surged from 2017 to 2025 among teens eligible for bariatric surgery, while nine out of ten eligible adolescents still went without either treatment. The World Health Organization is scheduled to release two new guidelines on integrated obesity management in children and adolescents. Also noted: UTHealth Houston researchers received a $4 million NIH grant to identify genetic markers that may contribute to weight gain after people stop taking GLP-1 drugs, and a New York Times report suggests GLP-1 users may be shrinking restaurants' bottom lines.
The remaining items span pelvic pain and food policy. A systematic review of more than 4,000 patients in eClinicalMedicine found pelvic pain is common among transmasculine individuals and frequently persists despite testosterone therapy. The Washington Post reports the White House appears to be slow-walking an HHS push, backed by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and others, to require food makers to prove certain ultraprocessed ingredients are safe. NPR, meanwhile, gathered expert reaction to an HHS report linking support for gender-affirming care to support for political violence.
Because this is a single roundup of brief items rather than a set of independent reports, there is no second source here to corroborate or contradict the findings; the roundup supplies citations but few methodological details.