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ENDO 2020: The Endocrine Society Annual Meeting

March 28 - 31, 2020; San Francisco, CA

March 28 - 31, 2020 San Francisco, CA

Does Thyroid Hormone Therapy in Older Age Increase Risk of Death? Whether or not the mortality finding is real, one expert says, in any case, levothyroxine doesn't make older patients with subclinical hypothyroidism feel any better, so is unwarranted.
Medscape Medical News, April 6, 2020
Diabetes Blunts Weight Loss Effect of Bariatric Surgery People with diabetes may benefit less from bariatric surgery compared with those without the disease, according to a new study.
Medscape Medical News, April 2, 2020
Loss of Tear Glands Linked to Suboptimal Diabetes Control Phenomenon underlies the connection between diabetes and dry eye, could be used as a biomarker for suboptimal glucose control.
Medscape Medical News, April 1, 2020

Conference News

ENDO 2020 Higher Baseline Fitness May Help Maintain Weight Loss
Medscape Medical News, April 24, 2020
ENDO 2020 Endocrine Disruptors in Pregnancy Tied to Obesity in Granddaughters
Medscape Medical News, April 22, 2020
ENDO 2020 Teprotumumab Eases Thyroid Eye Disease in All, Including Smokers
Medscape Medical News, April 22, 2020
ENDO 2020 Erectile Dysfunction: It's Worse Than You Think
Medscape Medical News, April 15, 2020
ENDO 2020 Use of Diabetes Technology Is Lower Among Black, Hispanic Patients
Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2020
ENDO 2020 Patients Say Desiccated Thyroid Better Than Standard Therapy
Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2020

Does Thyroid Hormone Therapy in Older Age Increase Risk of Death?
Medscape Medical News, April 6, 2020
Diabetes Blunts Weight Loss Effect of Bariatric Surgery
Medscape Medical News, April 2, 2020
Loss of Tear Glands Linked to Suboptimal Diabetes Control
Medscape Medical News, April 1, 2020
ENDO 2020 20% With Cancer on Checkpoint Inhibitors Get Thyroid Dysfunction
Medscape Medical News, April 1, 2020
ENDO 2020 Endocrine Society Annual Meeting to Proceed Online in June
Medscape Medical News, March 31, 2020

Popular News from ENDO 2019

New Guidelines Address Osteoporosis Treatment Postmenopause The Endocrine Society's new guidelines advise bisphosphonates and denosumab as first line for lower-risk women and anabolic treatments as first line for those at very high fracture risk.
Medscape Medical News, Mar 25, 2019
T4 Doesn't Prevent Miscarriages in Antibody-Positive Women Giving thyroid hormone replacement before conception didn't prevent miscarriages or other adverse pregnancy outcomes in euthyroid women with thyroid peroxidase antibodies, shows the TABLET trial.
Medscape Medical News, Mar 23, 2019
ADA and ACP Docs Debate Diabetes Goals: Outcome Is Surprise 'A reasonable HbA1c goal for many nonpregnant adults with diabetes is < 7%.' Debate follows controversy last year when the American College of Physicians issued looser HbA1c guidelines than ADA.
Medscape Medical News, Mar 24, 2019

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