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Staying a Step Ahead

Mark Headshot As many of you reading this column are aware, there are other publications in the endocrinology/diabetes space other than Endocrine News. However, unlike these other publications, Endocrine News has a secret weapon stockpile the others do not: the expertise, accomplishments, and passion of Endocrine Society members! Nowhere is that more evident than in a quick...
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Endocrine Society Publishes First Hypercalcemia of Malignancy Guideline

A new Endocrine Society guideline details how to treat adult patients with hypercalcemia of malignancy, the most common metabolic cancer complication. Despite its high morbidity and mortality rates, this is the very first guideline that directly addresses this condition and confirms the efficacy of denosumab and bisphosphonates. Adults with hypercalcemia of malignancy should be treated...
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Playing Doctor: High School Students Explore a Future in Medicine

To overcome the potential looming dearth in the next generation of endocrinologists, Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md., is using a unique interactive method to inspire and engage young minds. The Medical Exploring Program gives high school students hands-on experiences over the course of a school year that could feasibly create the clinicians — and clinician...
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The Pursuit of Happiness: Q&A with Rana K. Gupta, PhD

Rana-Gupta_Headshot_Weitzman-Award The Endocrine Society’s 2023 Laureate Richard E. Weitzman Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award recipient, Rana K. Gupta, PhD, talks to Endocrine News about his research, his parents’ influence, his advice to young investigators, and why his “happy place” is at the bench. The research lab became his “happy place” as a young undergraduate. Fast forward...
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Out of Practice: Why Retirement Doesn’t Always Mean You Stop Seeing Patients

santen When Endocrine Society past-president Richard J. Santen, MD, achieved “emeritus” status at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, he was far from being done with practicing medicine. That’s when he decided to continue seeing patients throughout southwest Virginia from the comfort of his home and with help from telehealth technology and the Federally Funded Community...
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The Importance of Symptom Control: A Holistic Approach to Treating Acromegaly

GEER_CLINIC_0107r Despite successful medical intervention, people with acromegaly don’t always share their clinician’s optimistic outlook. Eliza B. Geer, MD, director of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Multidisciplinary Pituitary & Skull Base Tumor Center, takes us through a holistic approach to treating this often-confounding condition and how a team-based methodology is frequently the key to success. Recently, I was...