When the world was thrown into disarray earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ENDO 2020 in San Francisco was one of the many casualties. All was not lost, however, as the Endocrine Society quickly regrouped and rebounded and hosted the all new, completely virtual ENDO Online 2020 taking place over two weeks in... When the world was thrown into disarray earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ENDO 2020 in San Francisco was one of the many casualties. All was not lost, however, as the Endocrine Society quickly regrouped and rebounded and hosted the all new, completely virtual ENDO Online 2020 taking place over two weeks in...
Drones have delivered medications and other medical supplies to people in underdeveloped areas, but what of their use in times of disaster or even a pandemic to patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes? A multidisciplinary team has taken the first step to achieving insulin delivery via drone. The Aran Islands, located about 12 miles...
COVID-19 may increase the risk of blood clots in women who are pregnant or taking estrogen with birth control or hormone replacement therapy, according to a new manuscript published in the Endocrine Society’s journal, Endocrinology. One of the many complications of COVID-19 is the formation of blood clots in previously healthy people. Estrogen increases the chance of blood...
Endocrine News spoke to two early-career researchers who were called into action to treat COVID-19 patients full time. They share their inspiring stories of how they are coping with their new duties, how their research informed their patients’ care, and what they think the future of healthcare will look like post-pandemic. Endocrine scientists routinely spend...
How clinicians treat patients has been drastically reimagined during the COVID-19 pandemic due to social distancing requirements. Since patients still need to see their doctors one way or another, telemedicine has filled the gap and has been embraced by both the healthcare community and patients alike. Chirag R. Kapadia, MD, is an endocrinologist at Phoenix...
