Endocrinology

Reforming the healthcare system in the United States is about much more than providing basic coverage for all its citizens.

Hyperglycemia among noncritically ill medical and surgical patients is a huge problem in hospitals throughout the United States.

A variety of rapid and reliable tests now exist to diagnose and facilitate the management of pheochromocytoma and primary aldosteronism, but more are needed.

Whether you're traveling to a medical conference or planning your next vacation, these 10 travel apps for your iPhone are sure to come in handy.

A new study from the Center for Studying Health System Change analyzes the positive and negative affects that EMR implementation can have on physician-patient interaction.

The AACE highlighted a number of studies on a wide range of endocrinology topics from adrenal disorders to metabolic bone disease.

The AACE highlighted a number of studies on a wide range of endocrinology topics from adrenal disorders to metabolic bone disease.

In a preliminary study, Attiva, increased the post-meal feeling of satiety and reduced hunger between meals.

The efficacy of liraglutide,is not impacted in subjects with type 1 diabetes who develop anti-liraglutide antibodies.

Colesevelam HCL is effective not only in lowering LDL-cholesterol but in reducing glycemic levels in people with prediabetes.

Here you will find links to information about the general session presentations, satellite symposia, and poster presentations scheduled for the meeting.

Conference attendees who are looking for places to eat and things to do while in Boston, here is a listed of suggestions.

New research released today at the AACE Meeting indicates another reason to avoid fast food; it may also be lacking in appropriate amounts of iodine.

CGMs can be helpful in managing patients with type 2 diabetes or any diabetes patient in the hospital setting, according to several experts.

The varying impact of insulin resistance on different tissues in the human body may lead to a better understanding of metabolic syndrome.

I thought I lost a patient a few weeks ago. No, he didn't die, but after his office visit, I had the distinct impression that he might not come back. My job is to take care of my patients' health. But sometimes I'm just the messenger.

Dr. Edward Pullen examines the ways in which Earth Day and going green can relate to medicine.

While hyperglycemia is a risk factor for microvascular complications, most patients die of macrovascular disease, which is strongly influenced by dyslipidemia.

Thyroid cancer is one of the fastest growing cancers in the United States, especially in women, according to Bryan Haugen, MD.

Is there middle ground when healthcare errors are made?

There is a new drug treatment strategy coming down the pipeline for diabetes, one that targets the kidney.

By inactivating the immune system's natural killer T cells, which migrate to wound sites and impede the healing process, researchers were able to accelerate wound closure.

Some health care IT industry heavyweights have gone so far as to suggest that the iPad will be greatly utilized in the healthcare setting and revolutionize the way we do business. While I do think the iPad is incredibly shiny and is great computer replacement for your grandma, I think it's a bit of an exaggeration to suggest that it will ever be fully adopted by healthcare IT shops.

The specific structure of an asset protection plan must involve a consideration of the details particular to your situation. A plan that works well for one person may be completely wrong for another. For example, the income tax and estate tax benefits of a plan must be efficiently tuned based on your age, income, accumulated wealth, and your family dynamics. The types of assets that you own can also make a big difference in the planning.

One of the largest and most costly problems facing the healthcare industry is that patients don�t consistently take the medicine they�ve been prescribed. More accurately, between one-third and one-half of patients in the US do not take their medications as instructed, according to an August 2009 report released by the New England Healthcare Institute (http://bit.ly/xlZaW).

Modern medicine's technological advances now allow more people to live long enough to develop chronic diseases where the mortality is low but the morbidity high. Hyperchondriacs are acutely aware of this, and perceive great threats in their aging and the future. Hyperchondriacs have similar attributes to hypochondrial patients even as they lack the attendant "symptoms" of a physiologic illness.

Google has just completed a major overhaul of Google Docs that includes redesigned spreadsheet, document, and drawing editors; group chat functionality; and the ability to collaborate with real-time character-by-character mark-up.

A nice surprise buried somewhere in the healthcare reform bill is that, starting next year, Medicare patients will be able to get annual preventative care exams that are paid for by their health insurance.

Several new studies from the Medical College of Georgia examine the role that a sedentary lifestyle and being overweight can have on a child's health.

As adolescent diabetics get older, the level of parental involvement in their lives decreases, resulting in increasingly poorer adherence to treatment regimens.