In this Diabetes in Real Life column, Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with Susan Cornell, PharmD, CDCES, FAPhA, FADCES, about the range of pharmacy and medication delivery options available for diabetes management.
Weiner: Most people are comfortable going to their local pharmacy to get medications. Why would someone use an at-home pharmacy to deliver medications? Is it a challenging process?
Cornell: There is the saying, “Medications do not work in people that do not take them.” The field of pharmacy is evolving, especially with the rapid growth of technology in health care.

Rising detection of pituitary incidentalomas has prompted a more individualized approach to surveillance and management.
Incidentalomas are being found with greater frequency than in the past, according to Maria Fleseriu, MD, FACE, professor of medicine and neurological surgery, director of the Pituitary Center at Oregon Health & Science University and a Healio | Endocrine Today Coeditor. This rise has driven changes in how these lesions are treated and followed by health care professionals, necessitating the need for updated guidance.
In April 2025, the Pituitary Society released an

NEW ORLEANS — Despite slightly worse functional outcomes compared with patients on private insurance, patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty who were on Medicaid had high patient satisfactions scores, according to data presented here.
“We wanted to highlight that these are patients who need care,” Arthur L. Malkani, MD, FAAOS, of University of Louisville Health, told Healio about results presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting. “They need to walk, they want to alleviate their pain, so you cannot deny them care. Despite these comorbid conditions, you still

Exposure to high temperatures was associated with greater chronic kidney disease prevalence and end-stage kidney disease incidence, particularly for high-poverty and nonmetropolitan areas, according to study data.
The data were published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
The effects of extreme heat exposure, including dehydration and heat exhaustion, particularly impact the kidneys and have been linked to short-term risks for patients with CKD, according to Rajiv Saran, MD, MBBS, MS, DTCD, MRCP (UK), professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan

Lebrikizumab improved disease severity, skin clearance and symptom relief in children with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis, according to topline results from a phase 3 trial.
“Dupilumab [Dupixent; Sanofi, Regeneron] has revolutionized our management of these children, but it is the only advanced systemic medication that we have for a child under 12 years, so if someone is not responding adequately or if an issue with dupilumab arises, we only have immunosuppressors,” Amy S. Paller, MD, MS, Walter J. Hamlin professor and chair of dermatology and professor of pediatrics at Northwestern

Smoking and/or vaping was associated with increased odds of elevated blood pressure and hypertension compared with not smoking or vaping, according to new data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2021-2023 cycle.
“There is a lingering controversy on vaping and its health effects vs. vaping as a strategy to quit smoking,” Andrew O. Agbaje, MD, MPH, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FNYAM, associate professor of clinical epidemiology and child health at the University of Eastern Finland, told Healio. “Given that vaping and smoking have similar nicotine effects, there

Children exposed to higher levels of some types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances may have lower bone mineral density at age 12 years, according to findings published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.
In an analysis of data from a pregnancy and birth cohort study, researchers found that children exposed to higher concentrations of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) had reduced BMD at the lower one-third distal radius. Additionally, increased exposure to all PFAS combined at ages 8 and 12 years was linked to lower BMD at all sites.
“Adolescence is a key period for building strong bones

Even in an era of remarkable therapeutics for neovascular age-related macular degeneration, there remains a lack of therapies to improve vision in dry AMD.
Many patients continue to live with central vision loss that erodes independence and quality of life.
They may be “stable” anatomically, yet functionally they struggle: recognizing faces, reading mail, managing medications, cooking safely, shopping, paying bills, using a phone or navigating unfamiliar environments. For the clinician, this creates a familiar gap — patients who are doing everything “right” medically but still feel they are

PHILADELPHIA — Omalizumab has improved the day-to-day lives of patients with food allergy, Robert A. Wood, MD, FAAAAI, professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, told Healio.
“We’re paying a lot of attention to that as an important outcome,” Wood said during the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.
Now that omalizumab has had 2 years of approval for use in treating food allergy, we spoke with Wood about its impact on care, what other options may be available and where research will go next.
Healio: How would you

More than 80% of patients implanted with a transvenous phrenic nerve stimulation device for central sleep apnea had at least 4 hours of usage per night for 70% of nights at follow-up visits, according to study findings.
“The percentage of patients receiving adequate [transvenous phrenic nerve stimulation] therapy, based on the CMS CPAP adherence definition, appears to be higher than that for mask-based therapies reported in the literature,” Rami Khayat, MD, director of Penn State Health sleep services and division chief of pulmonary, allergy and critical care medicine at Penn State College of