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...
Positive top-line results this week were announced from the multinational, pivotal Phase 3 SONICS study evaluating levoketoconazole for the treatment of endogenous Cushing’s syndrome. Strongbridge Biopharma is marketing the drug as RECORLEV™ . The open-label, single-arm SONICS study achieved statistical significance of its pre-specified primary endpoint, with 30 percent of patients achieving normalization of mean urinary...
Researchers have shown that somatic USP8 gene mutations are a common cause of pediatric Cushing disease (CD), according to a study recently published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. The team, led by Constantine A. Stratakis, MD, of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., point out that this mutation has been...
Female athletes and women who have eating disorders are prone to developing a condition called hypothalamic amenorrhea that causes them to stop menstruating. The Endocrine Society today issued a Clinical Practice Guideline advising healthcare providers on ways to diagnose and treat this condition. The guideline, titled “Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline,”...
The Endocrine Society today issued a Clinical Practice Guideline that recommends treating insufficient hormone levels in individuals with hypopituitarism by replacing hormones at levels as close to the body’s natural patterns as possible. The guideline, titled “Hormonal Replacement in Hypopituitarism in Adults: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline,” was published online and will appear in...
Endocrine Society member John W. Funder, MD, PhD, of Prince Henry’s Institute in Victoria, Australia, today was awarded the Fondation PSEN Endocrine Regulations Prize for his work on endocrine aspects of hypertension, including primary aldosteronism. The award was presented at the International Congress of Endocrinology — Chinese Society of Endocrinology in Beijing. As Business Wire points out, Funder...
Endocrine News has compiled the leading breakthroughs in endocrine research over the course of the past year with the help from 11 editors from Endocrine Reviews. From genetic research to new thyroid cancer drugs, amazing progress is being made in the field of endocrinology. Each year brings us a little closer to solving complex endocrine...
When radio personality Froggy was diagnosed with acromegaly 10 years
ago, he made it his personal mission to educate the public — as well as
primary care physicians — on this rare and unexpected disease.
Endocrine News has compiled the leading breakthroughs in endocrine research over the course of the past year with the help from 11 editors from Endocrine Reviews. From genetic research to new thyroid cancer drugs, amazing progress is being made in the field of endocrinology. Each year brings us a little closer to solving complex endocrine...
When radio personality Froggy was diagnosed with acromegaly 10 years
ago, he made it his personal mission to educate the public — as well as
primary care physicians — on this rare and unexpected disease.
