The HCPLive endocrinology page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and insights on endocrine system conditions. This page consists of interviews, articles, podcasts, and videos on the research, treatment and development of therapies for diabetes, hormonal disease, and more.
September 18th 2024
The FDA has approved the Eversense 365, the world’s first 1-year continuous glucose monitor, with US availability expected in late 2024.
September 7th 2024
HCPLive Endocrinology's flagship diabetes podcast, hosted by Diana Isaacs, PharmD, and Natalie Bellini, DNP
Project SEMILLA Provides Needed Knowledge to Nicaraguan Hospitals
Working in an emergency room setting in the United States, in almost all circumstances provides doctors with at least most of the major needs they require to do their jobs on a daily basis. One organization is working to bring those basic needs to hospitals throughout Latin America.
African Team Researches Onion Extract for Glucose Control
Doctors around the world face their own individual challenges depending on where they are working with patients. In Africa those challenges include not only difficulty affording medication, but in some cases having proper ways to properly store them.
New Facility Looks to Streamline Training for Medical Testing
The field of medical technology is constantly expanding and changing requiring new equipment to be used in a variety of ways. That effort has been brought under one roof at Massachusetts General Hospital thanks in part to the efforts of one generous and appreciative patient.
Adolescent Inpatients Gain Weight in Mental Health Facilities
March 25th 2015Mental disorders predispose patients to weight gain, regardless of age. Psychiatric patients are more likely to develop metabolic syndrome and the poor health consequences that follow. For the most part, older patients develop metabolic syndrome, but adolescents with mental illness do, too.
Managing Comorbid Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and HIV
March 24th 2015Approximately 14% of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) also have type 2 diabetes mellitus. That number is expected to rise as the population of HIV-infected patients ages and develop associated chronic comorbidities.
We Want a Boy: The Ethics of Sex Selection in the Clinic
March 24th 2015Controversy is no rarity in the field of reproductive endocrinology and infertility. Since its discovery and early clinical applications, everyone seemed to have (and still has) an opinion about in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures.
Exocrine Pancreatic Function Measured with Ultrasonography and Endoscopic Short Tests
Secretin stimulated ultrasonography can assess pancreatic fluid flow and can combine with endoscopic short tests to evaluate exocrine pancreatic function, according to research published in the Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology.
COPD and Smoking Are Tied to Increased Risk of Osteoporosis, Fractures
March 24th 2015Current osteoporosis guidelines don't recommend screening for men. However, researchers from National Jewish Health have identified men's smoking history and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as risk factors for osteoporosis and fractures of the vertebrae.
Vitamin D Fails Fall-Prevention Test
Falls are a constant health threat for older people. A study in Finland looked at whether vitamin D supplements, exercise, or both could lessen the risk of falling for women ages 70 to 80. The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends that those at risk of falling should take vitamin D. A new study finds that does not help.
Public Reporting of PCI and its Affect on Patient Care Part 2
The reporting of PCI results is not a common practice for many reasons, and while some states require it of their doctors, there could be both medical and political barriers standing in the way of it becoming a nationwide program.
Public Reporting of PCI and its Affect on Patient Care
With New York and Massachusetts leading the way laws requiring public reporting of PCI results were recently expanded to Washington State as well. A recent study looked at the risks and benefits of other states starting similar programs.
Lines Blurred on "Normal" Testosterone Level, Physicians Prescribe Therapy Without Need
A new analysis of insurance company records indicates that doctors frequently give testosterone therapy to men with "normal" hormone levels and that they fail, more often than not, to screen patients for prostate cancer each year.
Study Finds No Convincing Evidence of Increased Cardiovascular Risk with Testosterone Therapy
A review of research conducted over the past 75 years finds no definitive answers about the link between testosterone supplements and cardiovascular health, but it does find far more evidence of benefit than harm.
Moving Medicine Onto a Digital Platform
Patient care continues to make dramatic changes including the way information is shared not only between doctors and patients, but also other doctors treating the same people. Technology making that happen continues to evolve as well.
BMI Matters: Predicting Cardiovascular Event Risk
While various epidemiological studies have shown obesity to be linked with inflammation and with increased cardiovascular risk, the inflammatory marker C-reactive protein (CRP) takes it a step further, strongly predicting the incidence of cardiovascular events.
Comprehensive Health Model Provides Prediabetes Reversal
A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study revealed 86 million Americans suffer from prediabetes, a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), and nearly half of prediabetic patients were reported to develop frank diabetes.
Impact of Medication Adherence on Diabetic Patients
Chronic illness treatment typically involves some level of long-term use of pharmacotherapy. While these medications may prove efficacious in contesting the disease, their full benefits often go unmet, because nearly 50% of patients do not to take the medications as prescribed.
Endocrine Society President Discusses Current State and Future of the Field
Like most medical fields endocrinology has seen changes in doctor recruitment, patient relationships, and overall care. The future of the field is discussed by the president of the Endocrine Society