Conference Reports

Highlights of the Annual Scientific Meeting of NAASO, The Obesity Society Dr. Heather Stein discusses pharmacotherapy, bariatric surgery, adolescent obesity, and obesity and cancer.
Conference Coverage, January 04, 2007
Thyroid Health and the Environment Kenneth D. Burman, MD, discusses the effects of the environment on the structure and function of the thyroid gland.
Conference Coverage, December 12, 2006
Highlights of the 15th Annual AACE Meeting The unlikely trio of Ronald Kahn, MD; Robert R. Henry, MD; and Newt Gingrich weigh in on the future of diabetes care.
Conference Coverage, August 09, 2006
Highlights of the NAASO 2005 Annual Scientific Meeting Review the latest advances in the prevention, treatment, causes, and health consequences of obesity.
Conference Coverage, May 26, 2006
Congress on "Prediabetes" and the Metabolic Syndrome The new IDF definition of the metabolic syndrome was introduced at this conference.
Conference Coverage, July 08, 2005
ADA 52nd Annual Advanced Postgraduate Course Review oral agent combination therapy, new approaches to insulin treatment, and more.
Conference Coverage, June 15, 2005
Second World Congress on the Insulin Resistance Syndrome What were the hot topics discussed at the international meeting devoted to this increasingly complex clinical entity?
Conference Coverage, June 10, 2005
Highlights From the NAASO 2004 Annual Meeting Review the hot topics presented at NAASO 2004, including emerging knowledge about adipokines and new pharmacologic treatments such as rimonabant.
Conference Coverage, April 26, 2005
Highlights From the 76th Annual ATA Meeting Kenneth D. Burman, MD, reviews the key developments in thyroid disease presented at this year's ATA meeting.
Conference Coverage, January 05, 2005
Obesity and the Built Environment What event could bring together physicians, urban planners, dietitians, meteorologists, architects, social activists, policy planners, and politicians?
Conference Coverage, August 24, 2004
First World Congress on the Insulin Resistance Syndrome Call it Syndrome X, the metabolic syndrome, or the insulin resistance syndrome; this constellation of metabolic abnormalities is making news.
Conference Coverage, January 30, 2004
Highlights From NAASO: A Physician's View Urban sprawl and obesity, low-carbohydrate/high-protein diets, a new surgical intervention, and other hot topics from the NAASO meeting.
Conference Coverage, December 02, 2003
Highlights From the NAASO Annual Meeting: A Dietician's View Do healthcare professionals who treat the obese hold negative beliefs about obese people? Research on this and other questions is presented in a conference report from NAASO 2003.
Conference Coverage, December 02, 2003
Highlights of the 2003 American Thyroid Association Meeting Read Kenneth D. Burman, MD, on Graves' ophthalmopathy and the utility of PET scans in patients with thyroid cancer.
Conference Coverage, November 10, 2003
Therapeutic Benefits of Growth Hormone Replacement Read about the treatment of GHD adults in this report from ENDO 2003.
Conference Coverage, July 18, 2003
Topics in Obesity Obesity was a central theme at the recent ADA meeting. Read about environmental,economic,and treatment issues in this report with a Canadian perspective.
Conference Coverage, July 18, 2003
Highlights of the 74th Annual Meeting of the ATA Topics discussed include Graves' ophthalmopathy, thyroid cancer, and subclinical hypothyroidism.
Conference Coverage, February 06, 2003
Diabetes in New York: Topics in Obesity Zachary T. Bloomgarden, MD, covers genetic and environmental influences on obesity as well as current pharmacologic treatment in this report on presentations made in the New York area.
Conference Coverage, December 23, 2002
Ode to a Gila Monster Aaron I. Vinik, MD, PhD, reports on the possible applications of gastrointestinal hormones -- including an agent in the saliva of the Gila monster -- in the treatment of diabetes.
Conference Coverage, October 25, 2002
73rd Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association Read about the effect of calcium carbonate on levothyroxine absorption, PET scanning in thyroid cancer, and other topics
Conference Coverage, June 24, 2002

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