Hormone Happenings

Racial Inequities in Offering New Technologies for Diabetes Dr Plotzker discusses inequities in prescribing advanced technology for patients with diabetes, noting that Black patients are least likely to have access and use these devices.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 19, 2022
Can a Thyroid Hormone Medication Lift Depression and Dementia? Is the commonly prescribed levothyroxine a "poor man's option" for treating cognitive decline and low mood?
Experts And Viewpoints, December 16, 2021
Old Hands Help Nurture Next Generation of Endocrinologists To the upcoming generation: Senior endocrinologists have your backs with the Endocrine Society's In-Training Exam. Score 75% on that exam, and you have a 97% chance of passing the ABIM exam.
Experts And Viewpoints, October 26, 2021
Universal Care Algorithms May Not Work for Everyone Two recent studies illustrate how population diversity can defy the universal approach to diabetes screening and follow-up care
Experts And Viewpoints, August 27, 2021
Unhealthy Drinking May Worsen After Weight Loss Surgery Patients undergoing bariatric surgery may feel that they've been given a second chance at life. But research shows that unhealthy behaviors can persist, and even get worse, after surgery.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 20, 2021
Cognitive Function in Diabetes: How to Protect Our Patients Protecting cognitive function, or reversing cognitive decline, in aging patients with diabetes has many uncertainties, but recent studies give important clues on what we can do.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 10, 2021
Are We Shortchanging Patients With Obesity? Recent studies suggest that patients are capable of greater weight loss than doctors might be giving them credit for. We can help more people benefit than we currently do, says Dr Richard Plotzker.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 05, 2020
Endos vs YouTube: Whom Do Your Patients Trust? There is a jumble of misinformation available online, says Dr Plotzker, and in these times when people are on their screens more than ever, perhaps doctors should be asking what patients are watching.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 26, 2020
Hope in the Time of COVID: Reflections on the Pandemic's Aftermath What can we expect in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic? Healthcare workers have lost family, colleagues, and jobs. But perhaps there is a silver lining to all of this after all, says Dr Plotzker.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 14, 2020
Erectile Dysfunction: Small Symptoms, Big Consequences Erectile dysfunction -- as determined by symptoms, not labs -- may be linked to increased mortality. What does this mean for treatment?
Experts And Viewpoints, June 16, 2020
These Patients 'Ennoble' Us as Physicians Homeless patients with diabetes are among the most challenging to manage, but they may give struggling physicians a glimpse of the type of doctor they had hoped to become.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 20, 2020
How About a Troubleshooting Guide for Patients? What would serve patients best would be a readily available checklist, says Dr Plotzker.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 27, 2019
Cleaning Up Alternative Medicine's Mess Hormone supplementation seems to be alternative medicine's go-to strategy for whatever ails you, says Dr Plotzker. Cleaning up their mess can be quite a challenge.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 12, 2019
Treating Chronic Opioid Users? Endos, You're On Your Own As opioid consumption moved from illicit use to chronic medical treatment, endocrinologists found themselves dealing with the short- and long-term sequelae. But where are the studies and guidelines?
Experts And Viewpoints, May 30, 2019
Will Diabetes Be Taken by Cardiology? Not That, Too! The newest antihyperglycemic agents improve cardiovascular outcomes, so who should manage these patients? Blurring the lines of who prescribes what invites some snafus, says Richard Plotzker.
April 19, 2019
Optimal Home Glucose Testing: Sometimes Less Is More How should you determine the frequency and timing of blood glucose testing? Not based on a mass protocol or the presence of insulin therapy, says Dr Plotzker.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 31, 2019
Endocrinopathy After Cancer Therapy: The Downside of Success With advances in cancer therapy, diseases that were once fatal are becoming chronic disorders, often with adverse endocrine effects.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 17, 2019
40 Years of Medicine: Reflections of an Endocrinologist Dr Richard Plotzker shares his thoughts on 40 years of medical practice as he enters retirement.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 18, 2018
Don't Be so Cavalier About That Non-Hip Fracture Are some fractures a reflection of underlying disease? Dr Plotzker says clinicians should be aware of the medical risks of more distal, non-hip fractures in older patients.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 09, 2018
Are Rural Counties More Obese Than Others? A recent study found a disproportionate amount of obesity in America's rural counties but could only speculate on why.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 27, 2018

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