Endocrine Society Annual Meeting

Shanlee Davis, MD, University of Colorado, Children’s Hospital Colorado, and team were interested in the effects of this pre-pubertal androgen treatment on the testicular function, or puberty.

T-scores and FRAX underestimate risk in diabetic patients, she argues.

"Older patients lumped in a group are not all the same,” she says.

The type 1 diabetes patients who were continuously administered testosterone treatment showed improvements in glycemic control as well as massive improvements in their weight loss, since testosterone increases lean body mass.

Different chemicals also associated with variations in tumor size and aggression.

Farid Saad, DVM, PhD, Bayer Pharma AG learned that the men with type 1 diabetes did experience benefits of long-term testosterone therapy – they showed improvements in their underlying diseases.

In advance of ENDO 2017, the Society announces a detailed new guideline.

Recent studies have shown strong links between patients who are obese and also have issues with sleep as part of their diabetes diagnosis.

Doctors around the world face their own individual challenges depending on where they are working with patients. In Africa those challenges include not only difficulty affording medication, but in some cases having proper ways to properly store them.

Researchers are always looking for new ways to use existing medications. That is true for the hormone oxytocin, which a group of researchers recently looked at as a potential weight loss tool for men.

With the number of patients diagnosed with diabetes continuously rising efforts are being made to find new ways to treat the condition beyond insulin and other traditional medications.

There are certain health concerns that come with pregnancy, just as there are some that come with weight gain. A recent study looked at how the two can be tied together for some patients.

As the prevalence of prostate cancer continues to grow, researchers continue to look at ways to tackle the many forms of the condition.

Like most medical fields endocrinology has seen changes in doctor recruitment, patient relationships, and overall care. The future of the field is discussed by the president of the Endocrine Society

Many male patients with low to moderate levels of testosterone are being diagnosed with depression more often these days. The question then for healthcare professionals becomes how best to treat them.

Childhood can be a stressful enough time without the impact of outside influences and other factors. Healthcare professionals around the country are working to ensure that young gender dysphoria patients get the care and help they need in their process.

Medical research is learning new ways to use the gut microbiota every day. From gastroenterology to oncology there are constantly new ideas on how it can help improve a patient's health.

For couples attempting to conceive there are often many questions for why they experience infertility. A recent study looked at what role lifestyle changes for the man can have on successful conception.

Estrogen and its affect on women may be well known, but the impact it has on men is not quite as well established a recent study took a closer look on what it can mean for men's health.

While many people think all fat is created equal, making the transition from "white fat" to "brown fat can help a patient lose weight under properly monitored conditions.

There are many factors which can contribute to a patient suffering from heart failure. Recent research looked at more specific risk factors for the condition and how it can help with future patient treatment.

Treatment with LPCN 1021 restored and maintained testosterone levels at rates comparable to approved non-oral products.

Study results show that men with stable coronary heart disease or acute coronary syndrome who received testosterone replacement therapy did not experience higher rates of major adverse cardiovascular events than men who did not receive testosterone replacement therapy.

Chemicals used many years ago still present issues for the environment today. The secret, according to a recent study, is learning from those lessons to ensure a better future for generations to come.

Man's best friend is being used for many things in the medical arena, from detecting low blood sugar to helping visually impaired patients get around in their daily life. In the near future, the furry friends could have even more uses particularly in the field of oncology.

With many of the most dangerous endocrine interruptors long since out of use, the question of how to ensure the health of future generations becomes an important discussion.

Researchers reported no association between endogenous testosterone and incident stroke and ischemic changes in men evaluated via brain MRI imaging.

Study results presented at ENDO 2015 suggest that some risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease are regulated by testosterone and estradiol, others (such as changes in LDL cholesterol and blood pressure) are not.

Researchers report that weight loss and increases in bone turnover were greater after one year among patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass compared to patients who had laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding procedures.

When a 45-year-old patient came to the emergency room with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, there could have been any number of diagnoses that needed treatment. In the end, reading an insert in a new medication made all the difference in her recovery.