Derek Bagley, Author at Endocrine News

Having a Ball: What Can Be Done About Pediatric Dyslipidemia?

Children who are physically inactive may have high cholesterol in early adulthood and subsequent heart health issues in their mid-forties, according to new research published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Study author Andrew O. Agbaje, MD, MPH, FESC, talks to Endocrine News about the study’s findings, the arbitrary nature of some guidelines,...

Review Covers Growth Hormone Therapy for Non-GHD Disorders

On the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of growth hormone (GH) treatment for idiopathic short stature (ISS), Adda Grimberg, MD, and Colin P. Hawkes, MD, PhD, both of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, published a mini-review in The Journal...

How Cancer Affects Childhood Growth

Childhood cancer patients and survivors are at increased risk for growth disturbances, for myriad reasons, and it is important to periodically monitor their growth, according to a paper recently published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Tomoko Yoshida, MD, PhD, and Angela Delaney, MD, both of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis,...

Liraglutide Increases Insulin Sensitivity Independent of Weight Loss, Study Shows

Liraglutide, the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonist used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity, can lead to rapid improvement in insulin sensitivity, according to a study recently published in Diabetes. “We know that GLP-1R agonists promote weight loss, but we were surprised to find that the GLP-1R agonist liraglutide also has rapid effects on...

Increase in Pappalysin Levels Could Promote IGF-1 Bioavailability in Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome

The increase in free insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I levels in prepubertal children with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) treated with exogenous growth hormone (GH) could be caused by increased pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A, PAPP-A2) levels and a reduction in stanniocalcins (STC-1, STC-2), according to a study recently published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism....

Word of Honour: John William Honour, PhD, FRCPATH, Discusses His Recent Book on Steroids

An Endocrine Society member since 1979, John William Honour, PhD, FRCPath, used his time in lockdown to write a voluminous tome on steroids. He talks to Endocrine News about his recent book, Steroids in the Laboratory and Clinical Practice, how it was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and why it may just be the definitive...

Staying Curious: How Felix Beuschlein, MD, Has Advanced Adrenal Tumor Care Through Transatlantic Collaboration

Honored by both the Endocrine Society and the European Society of Endocrinology with the 2024 Transatlantic Alliance Award, Felix Beuschlein, MD, has made significant contributions to endocrine research on both sides of the Atlantic, from Michigan to Switzerland! Endocrine News speaks with Beuschlein about what this award means to him, conducting pioneering research on two...

First Person

Aftershocks: Practicing Endocrinology Amid a Catastrophe

Kemal Agbaht, MD, is a clinician at Iskenderun Gelisim Hospital in Hatay, Turkey, where he treats a wide spectrum of endocrine disorders. He’s on the editorial board of The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism; he’s a husband and father. But when an earthquake literally rocks your world, your priorities must shift with the tectonic...