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Learning Curve: Getting Schooled by Award-Winning Endocrine Educators

EN_072022_USCOVER Endocrine News reached out to a few of the Endocrine Society’s Outstanding Educator Laureates to share insights into the state of endocrine education. Ann Danoff, MD; Kenneth Burman, MD; Laurence Katznelson, MD; and Carolyn Becker, MD, discuss the past, present, and future of educating endocrinologists, the best advice they’ve ever received, and how they motivate...
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Control Issues: The Latest Endocrine Society Guideline Tackles Hyperglycemia in Hospitalized Patients

With new technology and new drugs changing diabetes treatment at an unprecedented pace, the Endocrine Society’s “Management of Hyperglycemia in Hospitalized Adult Patients in Non-Critical Care Settings: An Endocrine Society Guideline” looks through the latest evidence on glycemic control for the most comprehensive guidance on selecting the optimal approach in hospitalized patients. The practice of...
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Meet New Endocrine Society President Ursula B. Kaiser, MD

UrsulaKaiserHeadshotENDO2022 The Endocrine Society is pleased to welcome its president for 2022 – 2023, Ursula B. Kaiser, MD, who took office during ENDO 2022 in Atlanta, Ga. A physician-scientist, Kaiser is chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension; George W. Thorn, MD, Distinguished Chair in Endocrinology; and director of the Brigham Research Institute at...
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Making the GRADE: Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guidelines Get a Refresh

EN_072022_USCOVER The Endocrine Society’s Clinical Practice Guidelines are among the most trusted recommendations in the field of endocrinology and are relied upon by thousands of clinicians each year. However, new standards utilizing the GRADE methodology prioritize evidence over expert opinions, minimize conflicts of interest, and, for the first time ever, engage a wider number of stakeholders,...
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Prenatal Exposure to Chemicals in Consumer and Industrial Products Is Associated with Rising Liver Disease in Children

The growing incidence of a potentially cancer-causing liver disease in children is associated with prenatal exposure to several endocrine-disrupting chemicals, Mount Sinai researchers report. It is the first comprehensive study on the association of prenatal exposure and mixtures of these chemicals and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The researchers used cytokeratin-18 as a novel marker for...
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Mouse Study Finds FGF21 Directs Body’s Responses to Low-Protein Diet

Reducing the amount of protein in the diet produces an array of favorable health outcomes, including an extension of lifespan, and that these effects depend on Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 (FGF21), according to a study recently published in Nature Communications. It has long been known that reducing the amount you eat improves health and extends...
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A Deep Dive: The Indications, Contraindications, and Maybes When Prescribing Testosterone Replacement Therapy

Print Endocrine Society Clinical Endocrinology Update 2022 is a hybrid meeting for the first time and will offer attendees a variety of refresher courses on the latest diagnosis and treatment recommendations for various endocrine conditions. Endocrine News talks with Arthi Thirumalai, MBBS, about her two sessions that detail treating low testosterone in men, risk factors, controversies,...
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New Study Makes Case for Culturing Embryos Up to Seven Days Post-Insemination for Selected Patients

Ending embryo culture at 144 hours (six days) post-insemination (h.p.i.) would involve 7.3 percent and 4.4 percent relative reductions in the number of patients obtaining euploid blastocysts and live birth(s) (LBs), respectively, according to a study published in Human Reproduction. The study results were announced recently by Fairtility, a company using artificial intelligence to enhance in...
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