November is Diabetes Awareness Month, an important opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges facing over 37 million people who live with diabetes in the U.S. I am proud of the Endocrine Society’s work advocating for improved prevention, more research, greater access, and lower insulin costs, as well as our contributions to sharing the latest...
Endocrine News talks with Anthony L. McCall, MD, PhD, FACP and David C. Lieb, MD, FACP, co–chairs of the guideline development panel that created the latest Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline on managing hypoglycemia in people with diabetes. In the last decade or so, the amount of progress made in treating people with hypoglycemia has...
People with diabetes have an increased risk of fractures, which is often underdiagnosed and impacts their mobility as well as their mortality. A new array of treatments and assessments — novel therapeutics, senolytics, revamped prescribing protocols, and more — are needed to better concentrate on diabetic bone disease. An emerging complication of both type 1...
COVID-19 vaccination is safe, effective, and especially important in people with diabetes due to the risk of more severe outcomes. While a session at ENDO 2022 emphasized the vaccine’s safety in this population, more research is needed as to whether the virus is a causal factor to an increase in new-onset type 1 diabetes cases. ...
Anti-science rule threatens to harm transgender and gender-diverse minors; sets dangerous precedent for all health care decisions The Endocrine Society rebukes the Florida Board of Medicine’s decision to ban gender-affirming care for transgender and gender-diverse teenagers. We call on the Florida Board of Medicine to reverse the ban and allow physicians to provide evidence-based care and protect...
There has been a movement afoot to change the name of diabetes insipidus to better reflect the condition’s underlying pathophysiology. With an agreement on a new name — “Arginine Vasopressin Deficiency or Resistance,” depending on the etiology — an international coalition hopes to eliminate any ongoing confusion for patients and their caregivers. The name “diabetes...
Following the mid-term congressional elections, the legislative back burner is packed with a long list of things that Democratic leadership hope to achieve during the “lame duck” session once some steam is let out from the mid-term elections’ political pressure cooker. The idea being that once control of each chamber is settled by voters, winners...
Stories about healthcare institutions having their computer systems hacked and patient data compromised seem to be on the rise, but research laboratories are not immune. As cyberattacks increase, there are a few simple steps to make sure your research stays secure. Since the start of the pandemic, cyberattacks have become a bigger threat to...
November is Diabetes Awareness Month, an important opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges facing over 37 million people who live with diabetes in the U.S. I am proud of the Endocrine Society’s work advocating for improved prevention, more research, greater access, and lower insulin costs, as well as our contributions to sharing the latest...
People with diabetes have an increased risk of fractures, which is often underdiagnosed and impacts their mobility as well as their mortality. A new array of treatments and assessments — novel therapeutics, senolytics, revamped prescribing protocols, and more — are needed to better concentrate on diabetic bone disease. An emerging complication of both type 1...
