A newly published quality improvement study shows how a simple intervention by health care providers reduced the number of older adult patients with type 2 diabetes at risk for hypoglycemia by almost 50% and led to de-escalation of diabetes medications that cause hypoglycemia in 20% of patients. Twenty percent of Americans aged 65 and older...
Hepatic Helpers: Endocrinology In the Age of Heightened Liver Disease
Research published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism further shows the unique opportunity endocrinologists are in to manage nonalcoholic liver disease and its various comorbidities. However, without approved pharmaceutical solutions, endocrinologists will have much to offer in treating these ever-increasing conditions. In an October 2022 paper published in The Journal of Clinical...
Lonapegsomatropin Provides Height Improvements in Later Tanner Stages without Increase in Dose
Lonapegsomatropin, a once-weekly prodrug of somatropin, can help children in Tanner Stages 3-5 maintain consistent height standard deviation scores (SDS) without an increase in the mean dose, according to a study presented at ENDO 2023. Ascendis Pharma is marketing the drug as TransCon hGH. Researchers led by Paul Hofman, MD, FRACP, of the Liggins Institute...
Children with Achondroplasia See Improved Annual Height Velocity with Investigational Prodrug
Children with achondroplasia (ACH), the most common form of hereditary short stature, experienced statistically significant improvements in their annual height velocity with the prodrug TransCon CNP, according to a study presented at ENDO 2023. Ascendis Pharma is investigating the drug in the Phase 2 ACcomplisH trial. Researchers led by Ravi Savarirayan, MBBS, FRACP, MD, of...
Endocrine Society member Whitney Goldner, MD, has been named the new head of the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes in the Department of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. Currently, Goldner is professor of internal medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of...
Divisive Political Climate Concerns Pediatric Endocrinologists
Pediatric endocrinologists are concerned for their safety and their ability to provide evidenced-based care to transgender and gender-diverse adolescents amid political divides over gender-affirming care, according to a new paper published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society. Pediatric endocrinologists specialize in the care of children and adolescents with disorders related to hormones and the glands...
The prestigious endocrine researchers and clinicians honored with our 2024 Laureate Awards represent the best and brightest in our field. Our Laureate Award winners also demonstrate the way endocrinology and the Endocrine Society transcend borders. The honorees hail from six countries and four continents. We are proud to recognize outstanding researchers and clinicians in Argentina,...COVID-19 Vaccines and Hyperglycemia in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
While proven to be safe, the COVID-19 vaccines could cause some people with type 1 diabetes to see their blood sugar to temporarily spike. The key for both patient and provider is to remain vigilant with glucose testing and insulin dosing post-jab to maintain glycemic control. In the summer of 2021, a 24-year-old woman presented...
