Endocrinology

Healthcare consumers may be the driving force behind Health 2.0, but are they really in control? And who knows what the final destination will be?

I started to learn some of the art of medicine—when to loosen the perfectionist grip in favor of maintaining quality of life.

Results from a study conducted by the NIH and CDC show that almost 13 percent of people 20 years old and over have diabetes, with 40 percent of those people unaware that they have it.

Patients are going online for health information but would prefer to get it from you. Are you there to help them?

As we begin 2009, I am struck by how radically different the Internet looks and acts today compared to just 10 years ago.

Patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy "might be able to engage in a graduated walking program under close supervision of a medical professional and thus prevent other life threatening illnesses."

Shah discusses the services offered by the Diabetes Health Network and explains the benefits of offering educational resources to patients while in the waiting room.

Done right, the benefits of a practice portal extend beyond just dollars and cents.

Healthcare consumers may be the driving force behind Health 2.0, but are they really in control? And who knows what the final destination will be?

How many times have you had to ask a patient "Are you taking your medications?" And then get the response, "Yes, but I ran out a couple of days ago."

Researchers have found data suggesting that frequently prescribed forms of postmenopausal hormone therapy may "slightly accelerate the loss of brain tissue in women 65 and older beyond what normally occurs with aging."

It’s official: Fortune magazine’s most powerful businessman of 2007, Steve Jobs, has a hormone imbalance.

I am convinced that we essentially sabotage both our guests and ourselves when we offer only these high calorie and often totally unhealthy options time and time again.

New data presented at the 31st Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium suggest that estrogen therapy may be beneficial to controlling metastatic breast cancer.

New evidence suggests that it may be time to rethink the suggested diabetic diet.

It is critical to keep exact records and clear communication with patients in order to avoid legal complications.

The ICD-9 medical coding system we’ve all relied on for decades will soon change.

New technologies are improving the lives of people living with diabetes.

Researchers in PA found that using money as an incentive for people to lose weight might just be the answer.

Some of the Top Health IT Stories from 2008 are discussed.

It’s two weeks before Christmas and I have spent the morning running from room-to-room seeing patients.

The negative effects of high-fructose corn syrup have previously been reported in several types of studies.

New research from the Regional Hospital of Bolzano in Italy suggests that "pediatric obesity may induce alterations in thyroid function and structure."

Technology and medicine are a wonderful combination, but not if the doctor hides behind it, a real concern in a world of EMRs and handheld medical devices.

Dean Heller, MD, President of VideoMD—an online library of physician-created, patient education videos—explains the benefits to both patients and physicians of www.videomd.com.

Remember in the 1960s Star Trek series when Dr. McCoy would pass his medical tricorder over a prostrate body to discover not only which species of alien had invaded the young ensign, but also how to expel the creature with a dose of medicine?

A three-year clinical trial conducted at the Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University has found that vitamin K can slow the development of insulin resistance in elderly men.

Researchers from the University of Michigan School of Public Health reported last month in the Archives of Internal Medicine that hormone therapy may produce adverse heart health effects even in women who begin treatment within the recommended timeframe post-menopause.

While obesity, hypertension, and diabetes have always shared connections, every now and then, scientists manage to make some of the unlikeliest connections. As it turns out, Geisinger Health System researchers found that "antimalarial medication may prevent the onset of diabetes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis."

According to a new study published in the November issue of the Journal of Law and Economics, childhood obesity could be reduced by up to 18% by banning fast food advertisements in the United States.