Endocrinology

The market for retail health clinics is expected to expand more than 30 percent by 2014, signaling a major opportunity for physicians. Here are three ways in which you can take advantage of this growth trend.

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Chris Jennings discussed the state of health care reform.

Researchers at the medical College of Georgia recently examined the link between diabetes, treatment for the condition, and eating disorders.

Information about four different types of medications are provided here, cortisol-inhibiting medications that may be used for the treatment of Cushing's Syndrome.

This one-credit CME activity examines the benefits and risks of medical therapy for pituitary tumors, comorbid conditions associated with both Cushing's and acromegaly.

According to this study's authors, physicians do not always check for sarcoidosis after Cushing's, and suggest that checking for the illness may be necessary, because it can missed.

This study examined how often pseuodotumor cerebri occurs after successful surgery for Cushing's disease.

This study determined that posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy is a safe procedure for patients with Cushing's syndrome.

This trial will determine if a new imaging technique will be able to localize the source of ectopic ACTH production.

This trial aims to determine if patients who have had Cushing's syndrome in the past maintain characteristics that are different than patients who have never been diagnosed with the disease.

This clinical trial will evaluate the presence of recurrent or persistent Cushing's in patients who have undergone primary treatment for the condition.

This video from the Stanford Pituitary Center includes a discussion of Cushing's Syndrome as part of a larger presentation on the pituitary gland.

In addition to describing the signs and symptoms of Cushing's Syndrome, this site also provides multimedia images of the endocrine system, the adrenal glands, and the physical presentation of Cushing's.

In addition to describing the signs and symptoms of Cushing's syndrome, this site also provides a general treatment plan and what physicians can do for specific problems associated with Cushing's syndrome, such as pituitary adenomas and adrenal tumors.

This guideline from the Endocrine Society reviews hypercortisolism, the morbidity and mortality of Cushing's syndrome, and special populations, such as epileptic patients and pregnant women.

While the changes President Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress are proposing are considerable (they could reduce the deficit within two decades), they aren't a government takeover.

I think I'm rather opinionated, ok, very opinionated and also think that medicine, as noble a profession as it is, is in dire trouble. I offer my viewpoints and hope that others will read and agree with me, although I guess you get more popular if people disagree.

The condition of patients with chronic diseases improves significantly with the use of at-home tools like blood pressure and glucose monitors.

This advisory finds that data are inconclusive on heart risks associated with diabetes medications, but also notes that patients taking these drugs should be closely monitored by their healthcare providers.

Ted Eytan, MD, and Holly Potter, discussed the power of health IT and social media to improve the quality of healthcare.

Kathryn Kern-Stout, MD, MBA, discussed some of the challenges her institution had to overcome during the EHR selection and implementation process.

Allison Connelly-Flores, Urban Health Care, Inc, told her story about despair, faith, hope, frustration, jubilation, and, through all of these things, success.

Many physicians have already taken the step to implement an EHR, and some have not failed at it... yet, anyway.

One of the ongoing sessions is the panelist of healthcare bloggers, and each day presents a different panel of recognizable voices.

Mrunal Shah, MD, ABFM, discussed his large integrated health system's experiences with implementing a system-wide electronic record.

Subcutaneous fat and visceral fat had reciprocal associations with bone density measures, with subcutaneous fat demonstrating positive associations and visceral fat demonstrating inverse associations.

We've entered a new arena of horror where our Richter scale, for the first time, doesn't seem to reach high enough, and adjectives are crumbling under the impact. "Devastation" or "catastrophe"? None of the usual descriptors feel powerful enough.

New research from Northwestern Medical Center reveals that a woman's risk for heart disease increases significantly after menopause.

In a recent study, gastric banding proved to be a more effective intervention than intensive lifestyle management, leading to a substantial and durable reduction in obesity and to better health.

Dr. Croke had a short interview with a young Haitian doctor about the earthquake.