Patient Populations

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: EndoCares Atlanta Saves Immigrant and Refugee Lives

During ENDO 2022, the Endocrine Society made a community-wide “house call” with a flagship EndoCares® event that brought care and compassion to an underserved population. On Saturday June 11, the atmosphere at the Clarkston Community Center in Clarkston, Ga., could only be described as festive. The red brick building was filled with neighbors visiting...

Cost of Mental Health Disorders Linked with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Almost $6 Billion in 2021

A study presented at ENDO 2022 laid bare the excess direct healthcare costs of mental health disorders associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in the United States, finding those costs reached almost $6 billion in 2021. The authors of the study point out that PCOS affects one in seven reproductive-aged women worldwide, and represents a...

Clearing Hurdles: How Clinicians and Patients Can Create Their Own Winning Team

Amidst of the throngs of ENDO 2022 attendees, Olympian Gail Devers took centerstage to discuss living with and overcoming Graves’ disease and thyroid eye disease. She teamed up with endocrinologist Eve D. Bloomgarden, MD, to tout the importance of patient/physician teamwork and why patients need to champion their own healthcare. In a lot of ways,...

Seeing the Evidence: ENDO 2022 Poster Presentations Shed New Light on COVID-19’s Impact on Endocrine Conditions

ENDO 2022 was once again a hotbed of new research as people convened in person and online from around the world. Here, we look at two international researchers who shared their COVID-19 studies in poster presentations that looked at the pandemic’s impact on thyroid function, thyroid dysfunction, and the impact on women’s ovulatory cycles. ENDO...

Study Links Diabetes and Worse Outcomes in Long-Term Survivors of Metastatic Breast Cancer

Women who are longer-term survivors of metastatic breast cancer may have a worse survival rate if they have diabetes and poorly controlled blood sugar levels, according to a study presented at ENDO 2022. The authors of the study point out that a well-established relationship between diabetes and breast cancer exists, but it’s still unclear how...

Flesh and Bone: New Research Upends the Conventional Wisdom About Body Weight and Bone Density in Men

For years, obesity was thought to have the ability to thwart the occurrence of osteoporosis, especially in men. However, a new study in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism shows that men with obesity could be at a higher risk for osteoporosis than previously thought. Earlier this year, a paper entitled “Fat Mass Has...

Levels of AMH Could Predict or Detect Bone Loss in Premenopausal Women

Physicians may be able to determine if menopause-related bone loss is already in progress or about to begin by measuring the level of a hormone that declines as women approach their final menstrual period, according to a study recently published in Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. The findings could help physicians determine when, and...

Stress May Be Associated with Fertility Issues in Women

Animal study links scream sound exposure to lower egg count in female rats Female rats exposed to a scream sound may have diminished ovarian reserve and reduced fertility, according to a small animal study published in Endocrinology. Ovarian reserve is the reproductive potential left within a woman’s two ovaries based on the number and quality...

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