Endocrinology

In this ENDO 2016 update, we summarize the new scientific statement on compounded bioidentical hormones and report on a device to treat infertility.

In the second half of this update from ENDO 2016, we look at how endocrine-disrupting chemicals affect the reproductive system and the gut microbiome.

Post-transplantation diabetes (PTDM) is a common occurrence after solid-organ transplantation. Between 4 and 25% of transplant recipients develop this problem.

Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are at risk of developing high blood pressure, which can cause renal and cardiovascular complications. Thus, a T2DM treatment plan must include blood pressure treatment.

You do your best to attract qualified job candidates, ask the right interview questions and ultimately hire the best and the brightest to work at your practice. But, no matter what you do, it is inevitable that you will have problems with your workers from time to time.

Obese individuals often struggle to lose weight, and once they do, sustaining the weight loss is very difficult.

Atypical height is a common reason for parents to bring children to pediatric endocrinologists.

Cancer patients identified fertility as a key survivorship concern.

A subject like hormones can often be difficult to understand and tedious to work through. The Essential Guide to Your Hormones is a new way to approach the subject while making it easier to understand and presented in a way that is better for patients and doctors to work with.

In addition to being the most important ingredient in margaritas, substances derived from tequila can play an important role in bone health.

With millions of patients living with diabetes on a daily basis, a program which launched last year looks to help bring people together in an effort to improve overall patient health and satisfaction.

At one point or another, every medical practice will have to deal with unmotivated employees. Unmotivated staff members can cause all sorts of problems, from a slowdown in productivity to decreased profits, poor morale and patient dissatisfaction.

Physicians do not usually burn themselves out. The majority of the time it is the work environment which burns out the physician. Certain conditions and circumstances in the workplace can set-up unsuspecting doctors for job related burnout. You can take an on fire, passionate, purpose driven physician and put them in the wrong work environment and you will burn them out.

“Flip the Clinic†is an open experiment that involves breaking the traditional health care mold. Clinic flippers are using a new strategies and techniques to empower patients and engage them in their health care while maximizing time with practitioners.

The quest for manufactured insulin that mirrors the real thing has progressed a step forward.

Developing Type 2 diabetes in childhood or adolescence carries a greater risk for complications and death than for those who develop the disease in middle age

An honest follow-up story to something we are all in danger of facing, burnout, and why it's so easy to find yourself back at the point of no return

A new trial of the pancrelipase formulation Zenpep found the product to be as safe and effective as Creon for the treatment of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in cystic fibrosis patients aged 12 years and older.

Delayed-release metformin designed to target the lower intestine with reduced absorption into the blood leads to similar glucose-lowering effects, but at a lower dose and reduced systemic exposure.

If your diabetic patients are feeling a pinch in their pockets, insulin costs may be to blame.

How a doctor presents themselves on social media can determine how effective it is in getting their message across while also maintaining a safe barrier between them and their patients.

Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter may be regularly used by patients but some doctors have been slower to incorporate these tools into their practice.

As one of the components of the CHADS2 score diabetes is a known risk for stroke. A recent study looked at how rivaroxaban, also known as Xarelto can help patients reduce this potentially deadly health issue.

When you become a doctor, it’s no secret that you will have to deal with people all day long. And, in the course of these many human interactions (sometimes under stressful circumstances), there are bound to be some awkward, uncomfortable and painfully silent moments.

You’ve heard it time and time again: eat breakfast. But this practice may be particularly beneficial in people with type 2 diabetes – but not just any breakfast.

Several ultraviolet (UV)-filtering chemicals typically used in sunscreens can impair the function of human sperm cells, according to new research.

In the first half of this update from ENDO 2016, we examine the effect of endocrine-disrupting chemicals on the mammary glands and brain.

Only a handful of medications carry an FDA indication for obesity, but metformin (which currently does not) has weighty evidence supporting its use.

Animal studies have shown melatonin reduces body weight, plasma leptin, adiponectin, triglycerides, cholesterol, insulin, and glucose levels beyond its effects on circadian rhythm.

Low-dose weekly chloroquine is lipid modulating, although to a smaller extent than high-dose therapy. Study results suggest that low-dose chloroquine is an inexpensive and well-tolerated agent for dyslipidemia patients.