Endocrinology

A new study examines trends in expenditure and price of insulin and other antihyperglycemic medications in the United States from 2002 through 2013.

Diabetic retinapathy is one of the leading causes of blindness

Kids with type 1 diabetes may be at higher risk for vitamin D deficiency.

Study results show that the majority of patients with retinal neovascularization due to proliferative diabetic retinopathy treated with bevacizumab experience total, long-term regression of their symptoms.

Aflibercept exerts anti-angiogenic effects against galectin-1, a galactoside-binding lectin protein and novel angiogenic factor associated with proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

After 12 or 24 monthly injections, ranibizumab, one of three currently available vascular endothelial growth factor antibodies, caused regression of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in at least 75% of patients who had diabetic macular edema and whose DR severity put them at the highest risk of progression to proliferative DR.

Sometimes things we enjoy cause harm, and our career can be one of those things....how do you make sense of that?

Another month has come and gone, and April’s best health stories are right up there with the ones from February and March. Check out the top selections made by the editors at MD Magazine.

To continue our coverage of women’s health from ENDO 2016, we summarize findings on bone mass loss and asthma in polycystic ovary syndrome.

A study of Swedish and Danish twins concluded that the long-observed association between type 2 diabetes mellitus and depression has a significant genetic component.

Findings presented at ENDO 2016 shed some light on developments that could play a role in type 2 diabetes prevention, treatment, and management.

Physicians, hospitals and large provider groups are beginning to understand the high costs of physician burnout.

Layoffs are tough. But, the economic downturn, lower insurance reimbursements, increased business expenses and the expectation that medical practices “do more with less†may make layoffs unavoidable.

Whether it is communicating with friends, loved ones, or their health care providers, being able to communicate effectively can help them feel better about their conditions which can help the overall treatment process.

It may seem obvious, but being able to effectively communicate to patients about their cardiovascular care can have a dramatic impact on treatment in the long run.

Despite recently approved medications showing improvement over previously used diet pills and other treatments there is still no medicinal cure for obesity and the best hope for patients in many cases is lifestyle changes.

The US Food and Drug Administration recently approved some new tools in the fight against obesity. While they provide some help for patients looking to lose weight there are also side effects which doctors and patients patients to consider.

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.