When the Endocrine Society launches ENDO Online 2020 in June, attendees will be treated to Mirjam Christ-Crain, MD, PhD, from the University of Basel, Switzerland, who will discuss the top pituitary research studies in her session, “The Year in Pituitary: Clinical and Research Breakthroughs.” For such a miniscule structure, the pea-sized hypophysis plays an outsized...
Untapped Resources: Improving the Practice of Medicine in the Age of Big Data
Patients and providers generate incredible amounts of data every day. Can it be put to better use in individualizing care? Endocrine News looks out how using information that already exists could dramatically improve patient care as well as scientific research. Love ’em or hate ’em, there could be gold in those electronic health records. The University...
A novel way to reach even more patients, clinicians, and researchers is to take your endocrinology skill into the business world. Here we highlight an ENDO 2020 session that will show attendees how industry could be a viable route for researchers and physicians alike. Last year, at ENDO 2019 in New Orleans, three entrepreneurs at...
ENDO 2019 Preview: Constant Craving: Linking Addiction and Endocrinology
A variety of cases will be presented at ENDO 2019 that will demonstrate how certain endocrine treatments can cause or worsen addictive behaviors. Ashley Grossman, MD, FRCP, discusses how with a little bit of detective work, endocrinologists can understand the underlying circumstances that cause these erratic actions. Ashley Grossman, MD, FRCP, of Oxford University in...
Stephen M. Rosenthal, MD; Micol S. Rothman, MD; and Joshua D. Safer, MD, FACP, talk to Endocrine News about their ENDO 2019 Meet-The-Professor session on treating transgender patients and how they hope to further educate endocrinologists who are more likely than ever before to encounter these types of cases. ENDO 2019 is next month, and...
Aging Gracefully: Targeting Cellular Senescence in Age-Related Osteoporosis and Frailty
Sundeep Khosla, MD, talks to Endocrine News about his ENDO 2019 plenary talk on treating osteoporosis via cellular senescence with the ultimate goal of making the golden years truly golden with a better quality of life. ENDO 2019 is now about 10 weeks away, and while we’re excited about all the sights, sounds, and smells...
Since ENDO 2019 is heading to New Orleans for the first time since 2004, Endocrine News wanted to reveal some of the spicy ingredients that make up this iconic cultural gumbo that will keep you entertained and well fed once the scientific sessions have ended. The strains of jazz music stream down the cobblestone alleyway... As obesity and diabetes rates reach epidemic proportions, a presentation at ENDO 2018 explains why we eat what we eat. We talked with Josephine M. Egan, MD, for a taste of what you can expect from her talk entitled, “Endocrinology of the Tongue.” On Monday afternoon, March 19, Josephine M. Egan, MD, a senior investigator...
