Episode 4 of the Endocrine News Podcast has arrived, in which Angela Magdaleno, DO, of the Lehigh Valley Health Network, discusses preconception counseling for women with diabetes. Listen here: https://www.endocrine.org/podcast#enp4 And check out the links below for further reading: https://www.endocrine.org/meetings/endo-annual-meetings/abstract-details?id=6796 — ENDO 2018 abstract: Preconception Counseling: Frequently Forgotten by Primary Care Providers due to Multiple Barriers...
CEU Preview: Controversies Continue to Confound Testosterone Therapy
At CEU, experts will take a case-based approach to exploring the controversies involved in testosterone therapy in the session “Case-based Debate of Whether to Start Testosterone Therapy and How to Monitor.” Despite — or perhaps because of — the huge increase in recent years in men requesting treatment for low testosterone levels, controversies continue to...Survey Shows Women with PCOS Not Happy with Their Medical Care
A U.S.-based survey of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a common condition characterized by reproductive and metabolic problems, points to distrust and lack of social support from healthcare providers as major contributing factors in their negative medical care experiences, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of the Endocrine Society....
Preconceived Notions: Provider Bias, Young Patients, and Weight Loss Surgery
While surgery has shown to be the most effective tool in combating obesity, younger patients are not being offered this option. Providers need to re-evaluate their own biases when treating these patients in terms of how could improve various quality-of-life factors as well as the young patient’s health. Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA,...
Endocrine Society to Host Twitter Chat for Pediatric Endocrinology Month
The Endocrine Society will host a Twitter chat for Pediatric Endocrinology Month on Thursday, July 26 from 2-3 p.m. (EST.) The discussion will be on puberty. Join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #PubertyEndoChat. This discussion will be moderated by experts, Alicia Diaz-Thomas and Christine Burt-Solorzano. For more details, visit https://www.endocrine.org/advocacy/pediatric-endocrinology-month.
Virginia tween Claire Engler joins the #WeAreNotWaiting movement with a do-it-yourself artificial pancreas that not only scored her a big prize at her middle school’s science fair, but it has also greatly improved her glycemic control. Claire Engler has had type 1 diabetes for a decade — but for the past six months, her glucose...Review Proposes Best Practices for Diagnosing, Treating Klinefelter Syndrome
A paper recently published in Endocrine Reviews presents a comprehensive look at Klinefelter syndrome (KS), a rare disease that poses diagnostic challenges and remains largely misunderstood in the medical community. The review, by Claus H. Gravholt, MD, PhD, of the Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine (MEA) at Aarhus University Hospital in Norrebrogade, Denmark, et...
An ENDO 2018 presentation that linked essential oils to gynecomastia in prepubertal boys caused a bit of an uproar in the spring. The study authors detail what their research means, why certain populations should be mindful of essential oil use, and the importance of future studies. A study presented this past March at ENDO 2018...
