Endocrinology

Martin J. Abrahamson, MD and Daniel Donovon, Jr., MD discuss diabetes treatment basics for the primary care physician.

The Society of Nuclear Medicine's Image of the Year, which uses the hybrid technique, was part of a larger study that compared imaging techniques in patients with hyperparathyroidism.

Graduating medical school, "we" all stood and repeated, deep within our private solemnity, a modern version of the Hippocratic oath. Nowhere is a "we" to be seen. Instead, "I swear... I will keep... I will impart... I will follow..." transitions us from students to practitioners.

Almost half of patients that begin therapy on popular osteoporosis drugs discontinue their treatment within six months, according to an analysis by SDI, a healthcare market insight and analytics firm.

An online article about overweight and obese patients generates numerous comments.

A roundup of recent articles in the clinical literature that look at the use of smartphones and apps in a variety of healthcare specialties and settings.

Amid the ever-changing endocrinology landscape stands the constant of the Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting and Expo.

Using the Internet during patient visits can be a very useful tool, according to Dr. Pullen. Here, he describes some of his favorite websites to use while seeing patients.

The therapy helps children who have not responded to aggressive nutritional therapy grow.

Research teams have come up with a possible explanation of why some commonly used drugs increase a patient's risk of breaking bones.

Dr. Pullen's latest blog entry discusses this frequently asked office question, how it can have several different meanings, and how the answer may change, depending on what the question is really asking.

We spoke to Jay Parkinson, MD, recently to catch up on Hello Health, learn what new ventures he's involved in, and discuss his ideas on how to effectively improve the healthcare system.

San Diego has a lot of fun things to do, especially after a long day of sessions.

The past few years, Apple's WWDC conference has been mostly directed at developers. But as Apple fanboys/girls have become increasingly interested in anything Apple-related, and with the anticipation of some iPhone 4G news, consumers have begun to come out in droves along with developers. For those of you who could not make it, we present the Cover It Live platform below, which will extract all conversations on Twitter related to this event, and will also include videos, pictures, and other resources our editors find relating to WWDC announcements and news.

Barely half of dialysis patients who responded to a disaster-preparedness survey had enough bottled water or food to last three days in the event of a disaster.

New research from Oregon State University reveals that aspirin may not be as beneficial as previously thought for preventing heart attacks in diabetic patients.

Google may be looking for alternatives to Microsoft and selecting the right EMR requires more than just a checklist of functions.

The Associated Press has released some guidelines pertaining to social media terms and usage in the new AP Stylebook; some changes are long overdue, and others are a bit of a headscratcher.

If we're serious about reducing healthcare expenditures in this country, is reducing physician income an essential and inevitable component of meaningful cost control and healthcare reform?

The American healthcare system is finally on the road to a modern national IT infrastructure. Recently, the iMedicalApps team had the opportunity to speak to a small but ambitious group of IT professionals who aim to be at the forefront of this modernization by targeting the physicians with the lowest penetration of electronic health records, those in smaller private practices.

Intent is to curb perceived and actual conflicts of interest.

Exposure to these chemicals, such as BPA, during organogenesis and throughout life can lead to changes in neuroendocrinology, behavior, metabolism, and obesity, prostate cancer and thyroid and cardiovascular endocrinology.

Sarcopenia - low skeletal muscle mass and strength - is associated with insulin resistance in both obese and non-obese individuals, and high blood sugar in the obese.

Opioid blocker extended-release injectable naltrexone (XR-NTX) reduces the brain's response to cues that may cause alcoholics to relapse, according to research at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital.

More than 80 percent of patients seeking routine care at a dental clinic were unaware of the duration of their bisphosphonate therapy or the risk of adverse events, including oral osteonecrosis.

The generally harmless infection was present in more than 80% of the children studied, all of who had type 1 diabetes.

Researchers at the University of Florida have developed a smart pill that sends notification when it has been swallowed. The pill contains an embedded microchip and has a printed, digestible antenna on the outside made of nontoxic, conductive silver lines.