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Endocrine News Podcast

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The Endocrine News Podcast, a free service of the Endocrine Society, features interviews with experts addressing the latest research and trends in the field of endocrinology. Let us know what you’d like to hear about in a future episode at [email protected].

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ENP83: Sedentary Time and Physical Activity Effects on Childhood Lipid Levels

February 07, 2024 17:00 - 20 minutes - 17.4 MB

We all know that a sedentary lifestyle is not healthy for anyone, but just how strongly is physical activity connected to lipid levels in childhood? Host Aaron Lohr talks with Andrew Agbaje, MD, PhD, a physician and pediatric clinical epidemiologist at the University of Eastern Finland. He has authored a study recently published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism titled, “Associations of Sedentary Time and Physical Activity From Childhood With Lipids: A 13-Year Mediation an...

ENP82: PFAS

January 17, 2024 17:35 - 19 minutes - 18 MB

In this episode, we learn about endocrine-disrupting chemicals known as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which break down so slowly that they have been called “forever chemicals.” Where can PFAS be found? What exactly is their effect on human health? What are manufacturers doing to limit exposure, and is it enough? Host Aaron Lohr talks with Benson T. Akingbemi, PhD, professor of anatomy and developmental biology at Auburn University. Dr. Akingbemi and colleagues recently...

ENP81: Obesity Fellows Program

December 20, 2023 05:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MB

According to the National Institutes of Health, more than two in five adults have obesity in the United States, and nearly one in three is overweight. To equip health care practitioners with the resources they need to treat patients with obesity, the Endocrine Society recently held its innaugual obesity fellows program, an exclusive, application-based, educational activity for current fellows. The program covered a wealth of information, and host Aaron Lohr talks with Amy Rothberg, MD, DABOM,...

ENP80: Metabolic and Neuroendocrine Effects of Short Sleep

November 29, 2023 05:00 - 18 minutes - 17.6 MB

We all know that sleep is important, but sometimes we just don’t get enough. We also know the normal side effects from lack of sleep, but are there other, metabolic, and neuronendocrine effects from short sleep that we don’t know about. Host Aaron Lohr talks about this with Iris CM Pelsma, an academic researcher at Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands. She and her colleagues presented a study earlier this year, at ENDO 2023, titled, “Metabolic and Neuroendocrine Adaptability Fo...

ENP79: Type 1 Diabetes Update

November 15, 2023 05:00 - 35 minutes - 33 MB

Today’s topic is type 1 diabetes. What are some of the biggest challenges facing us today when it comes to diagnosing and treating type 1 diabetes, and how can we meet those challenges? Host Aaron Lohr talks with Irl Hirsch, MD, from the UW Diabetes Institute at the University of Washington. Dr. Hirsch and Davida Kruger, NP, from Henry Ford Health in Detroit co-chaired the Endocrine Society’s type 1 diabetes fellows series. That program and this podcast episode were both made possible by unre...

ENP78: Post-Cycle Therapy Following Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Cessation

November 01, 2023 04:00 - 13 minutes - 13.2 MB

We know that illicit use of anabolic-androgenic steroids is dangerous, but cessation comes with its own challenges. Today we’re talking about a study presented at ENDO 2023 titled, “Self-Administration of Post-Cycle Therapy Is Associated With Increased Probability of Subsequent Normalisation of Reproductive Hormones Following Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Cessation in Men.” Joining host Aaron Lohr to talk about it is one of the study authors, Channa Jayasena, MD, PhD, a specialist in reproducti...

ENP77: Phthalates and Endocrine Puberty

October 18, 2023 04:00 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MB

We look at a study, presented at ENDO 2023, about the endocrine-disrupting chemicals known as phthalates, or plasticizers, and their effects on fetal and neonatal endocrine puberty. Host Aaron Lohr talks with Mary Bunnell from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, co-author of the study, titled, “Prenatal Phthalate Exposure Alters the Pattern of Fetal and Neonatal Endocrine Puberty in a Sex-specific Manner.” Show notes are available at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast/enp77-phthalates...

ENP76: Infants and In Utero Exposure to COVID

October 04, 2023 04:00 - 17 minutes - 16.6 MB

Today we look at a study from ENDO 2023 about COVID-19 exposure and weight gain in infants. Host Aaron Lohr talks with Mollie Ockene, a Clinical Research Coordinator at Massachusetts General Hospital and a co-author of the study, titled, “Accelerated Longitudinal Weight Gain Among Infants With In Utero COVID-19 Exposure.” Also, get a sneak peak at an episode of our members-only podcast Endocrine Feedback Loop which looks at a study in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism about t...

ENP75: A Case Study on Fungal Sinusitis in T2D

September 20, 2023 04:00 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MB

From ENDO 2023, host Aaron Lohr talks with Jayalakshmi Udayasankar, MD, from the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, about her team’s research presented at the meeting, titled, “Tingling Over Cheek: An Atypical Presentation of Invasive Fungal Sinusitis in an Ambulatory Patient With Type 2 Diabetes.” Show notes are available at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast/enp75-a-case-study-on-fungal-sinusitis-in-t2d — for helpful links or to hear more podcast episodes, visit https://www.endocrine.org/podcast

ENP74: Healthy and Unhealthy Obesity

September 06, 2023 12:00 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MB

In another dispatch from ENDO 2023, host Aaron Lohr talks with Max Petersen, MD, PhD, from Washington University in St. Louis, about his team’s research presented at the meeting. Their presentation was titled, “Cellular Insights Into Metabolically Healthy and Unhealthy Obesity.” Show notes are available at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast/enp74-healthy-and-unhealthy-obesity — for helpful links or to hear more podcast episodes, visit https://www.endocrine.org/podcast

ENP73: A Robotic Teriparatide Pill to Treat Osteoporosis

August 23, 2023 04:00 - 10 minutes - 10.2 MB

Host Aaron Lohr talks with two researchers at ENDO 2023, Kyle Horlen, DVM, and Joshua Myers, both from Rani Therapeutics, about two presentations they made about an oral treatment of teriparatide for the treatment of osteoporosis. The two presentations are titled, “Pharmacokinetics (PK) and Pharmacodynamics (PD) of the Parathyroid Hormone Analog PTH (1-34) (Teriparatide) Delivered via an Orally Administered Robotic Pill (RT-102),” and “An Orally Administered Robotic Pill (RP) Reliably And Saf...

ENP72: GHR, Insulin, and Life Span

August 09, 2023 19:00 - 22 minutes - 21.3 MB

In another interview from ENDO 2023, host Aaron Lohr talks with Silvana Duran Ortiz, Ph.D., a postdoctoral research fellow at Ohio University, about her team’s research presented at the meeting. Their presentation was titled, “Disruption of GHR in ‘Middle Aged’ Mice Enhances Insulin Sensitivity and Extends Male Lifespan.” Show notes are available at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast/enp72-ghr-insulin-and-life-span — for helpful links or to hear more podcast episodes, visit https://www.endocri...

ENP71: Lactation and Maternal Metabolism

July 19, 2023 04:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MB

Host Aaron Lohr went to Chicago in June to interview researchers presenting at the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting, ENDO 2023. Here he talks with Julie Hens, PhD, from Yale University about her team’s research, titled “Protective Effects of Lactation on Maternal Metabolism.” After that interview, listen to a sneak peek of our other, members-only podcast, Endocrine Feedback Loop, an episode from November 2022 about changes in glucose throughout the menstrual cycle in type 1 diabetes. Show n...

ENP70: Hormones and Aging

June 28, 2023 20:00 - 12 minutes - 12.1 MB

Whether we like it or not, we’re all getting older. What do we know about how aging impacts our endocrine system? What don’t we know? That’s what we’re here to talk about today, as we look at the new scientific statement from the Endocrine Society titled, “Hormones and Aging: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement.” Host Aaron Lohr talks with one of the statement’s authors, Anne Cappola, MD, a professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and founding director of Penn Medical Com...

ENP69: Biosimilar Insulin

April 12, 2023 13:00 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MB

In this episode, we hear about biosimilar insulin: its safety, efficacy, what sets it apart from biologic insulin, and when it should be considered for use. Host Aaron Lohr talks with Irl Hirsch, MD, professor of medicine at the University of Washington Medicine Diabetes Institute. This episode is made possible through an unrestricted, educational grant from Viatris. Show notes are available at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast/enp69-biosimilar-insulin — for helpful links or to hear more podc...

ENP68: Hypercalcemia of Malignancy

March 15, 2023 05:00 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MB

Recently the Endocrine Society published a new clinical practice guideline entitled, “Treatment of Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in Adults: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline.” What exactly is hypercalcemia of malignancy? What are its symptoms? How is it treated? And what do the guidelines recommend? To help answer these questions, host Aaron Lohr talks with Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan, MD, MPH, professor of medicine at the American University in Beirut in Lebanon. She is the chair of ...

ENP67: Growth Hormone Deficiency

February 15, 2023 05:00 - 19 minutes - 18.7 MB

In this episode, host Aaron Lohr discusses screening, diagnosis, and current and emerging treatment options for the long-term management of growth hormone deficiency in pediatric and adult patients with Dr. Mark E. Molitch, MD, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. In addition, Dr. Molitch gives listeners a four-question quiz at the end. Remember to pause in between the question and answer! This episode is certified for up to 0.5 American Medical...

ENP66: New Endocrine Society Journal JCEM Case Reports

January 18, 2023 05:00 - 12 minutes - 12.3 MB

The Endocrine Society made news recently by launching a new, online-only, open-access journal called JCEM Case Reports, which is dedicated to clinical cases in endocrinology. What can we learn from case studies, and what does this journal have to offer? To answer those questions, host Aaron Lohr talks with JCEM Case Reports Editor-in-Chief William F. Young Jr., MD, the Tyson Family Endocrinology Clinical Professor and professor of medicine in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine at Mayo Clinic...

ENP65: Type 1 Diabetes and Challenges Across the Lifespan

January 04, 2023 05:00 - 34 minutes - 32.5 MB

In this episode, host Aaron Lohr looks back at the Endocrine Society’s Type 1 Diabetes Fellows Conference, which occurred last year, with two conference presenters talking about developmental challenges in type 1 diabetes, including psychological and social, across the lifespan. Our guests are Linda Siminerio, PhD, professor of medicine at University of Pittsburgh and executive director of the university’s Diabetes Institute, and Jill Weissberg-Benchell, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behav...

ENP64: More Testing Needed for Men With Hypogonadism

December 14, 2022 05:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MB

In this episode, Aaron talks with Travis Goettemoeller, MD, internal medicine resident at Cleveland Clinic, about an abstract he and a colleague presented at ENDO 2022 about the bone mineral density testing of men for hypogonadism. The abstract is titled, “Lack of Bone Mineral Density Testing in Men with Hypogonadism: A Clinical Conundrum.” Show notes are available at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast/enp64-more-testing-needed-for-men-with-hypogonadism — for more information, including helpfu...

ENP63: Vosoritide and Children With Genetic Short Stature

November 30, 2022 12:00 - 14 minutes - 11.8 MB

We look at Vosoritide, a promising, potential treatment for children with genetic short stature who do not have chondrodysplasia. Host Aaron Lohr talks with Andrew Dauber, MD, division chief of endocrinology at Children’s National Hospital. Dr. Dauber and colleagues presented about Vosoritide at ENDO 2022. Their abstract is titled, “A Prospective Clinical Trial of Vosoritide in Selected Genetic Causes of Short Stature.” Show notes are available at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast/enp63-vosor...

ENP62: Parabens as an EDC and Addressing Disparities in Risk and Research

November 16, 2022 05:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals are pretty much everywhere, and all of us have some level of exposure. Today we will talk about research presented at ENDO 2022 on a group of EDCs called parabens. The title of that abstract is “Parabens Promote Pro-Tumorigenic Effects in Luminal Breast Cancer Cell Lines With Diverse Genetic Ancestry.” Host Aaron Lohr talks with one of the authors of that study, Lindsey Treviño, PhD, assistant professor at City of Hope National Medical Center. They talk not just...

ENP61: Islet Cell Transplantation for Diabetes

November 02, 2022 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MB

In this episode, we talk about an exciting experimental treatment for patients with type 1 diabetes called islet cell transplantation. Host Aaron Lohr talks with David Baidal, MD, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. This episode is made possible through an unrestricted, educational grant from Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Show notes are available at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast/enp61-islet-cell-transplantation-for-diabetes — for more informatio...

ENP60: CGM and Prediabetes

October 19, 2022 12:30 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MB

We know how helpful continuous glucose monitors are for individuals with diabetes, but might they be of benefit to individuals with prediabetes? Today host Aaron Lohr will talk with Hisham Farhan, MD, an endocrinology fellow at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Dr. Farhan and colleagues made an oral presentation at ENDO 2022 titled, “Impact of Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) on Lifestyle Modifications in Individuals with Prediabetes.” Show notes are available at https://www.endoc...

ENP59: Fructose and Liver Disease

October 05, 2022 04:00 - 12 minutes - 9.77 MB

Fructose is sweeter than glucose and is often added to processed foods as a sweetener, commonly in the form of high-fructose corn syrup. Some studies suggest that fructose consumption may be associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and some new research, recently presented at ENDO, addresses this issue. Host Aaron Lohr talks with one of the authors of this research, Theodore Friedman, MD, PhD, chairman of internal medicine at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science and profe...

ENP58: Oncoendocrinology

September 21, 2022 04:00 - 16 minutes - 12.2 MB

Today we shine a spotlight on a fascinating area of focus within endocrinology that maybe you haven't heard much about: oncoendocrinology. What is it, and how are health providers working together to care for patients who have endocrine conditions and cancer? Host Aaron Lohr talks with Afreen I. Shariff, MD, an endocrinologist at Duke University School of Medicine with expertise in endocrine disease in cancer patients. Dr. Shariff is the founding director of the Duke Endocrine-Oncology Progra...

ENP57: Male Runners and Bone Health

September 07, 2022 04:00 - 9 minutes - 7.8 MB

We know that exercise is good for us, but for athletes who run, how might that level of running impact their bones? Host Aaron Lohr talks about new research on this topic presented at ENDO 2022 with one of the study’s presenters, Melanie Schorr Haines, MD, assistant professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Haines and colleagues’ presentation at ENDO 2022 is titled, “Male Runners Have Impaired Tibial Cortical Bone Integrity and Strength Compared to Non-athletes.”For more in...

ENP56: Gestational Diabetes, Maternity Blues, and T2D

August 24, 2022 04:00 - 11 minutes - 9.01 MB

In this episode, Aaron talks with Jennifer Dias from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai about gestational diabetes, its association with postpartum depressive symptoms (“maternity blues”), and a predictor that may help prevent gestational diabetes from developing into type 2 diabetes. Ms. Dias, an MD candidate, presented research at ENDO 2022 titled, “Predictors of Postpartum Depressive Symptoms in Women with Recent GDM.” For more information, including helpful links and other episod...

ENP55: Serum IgA and Type 1 Diabetes in Children

August 10, 2022 23:30 - 9 minutes - 7.11 MB

In this episode, we talk about a potential marker to help identify youth with type 1 diabetes, islet autoimmunity, and insulin deficiency. This new research was presented at ENDO 2022, and the abstract is titled, “Elevated Serum IgA at Onset of Type 1 Diabetes in Children.” Host Aaron Lohr speaks with one of the authors, Amruta Thakkar, MD, of Texas Children’s Hospital and the Baylor College of Medicine. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at ht...

ENP54: Obesity Pharmacotherapy

July 27, 2022 11:30 - 10 minutes - 8.61 MB

We all know how important diet and exercise are to weight loss and maintenance, but what about anti-obesity medications? How efficient are they? Host Aaron Lohr speaks with Michael Weintraub, MD, clinical fellow in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Weintraub and colleagues presented in an oral session during the Endocrine Society's annual meeting. The abstract is titled “Long-term Weight Loss Maintenance with Obesity Ph...

ENP53: Ovulatory Disturbances and SARS-COV2

July 13, 2022 15:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MB

Host Aaron Lohr returns to in-person interviews, starting with the Endocrine Society's 2022 annual meeting in Atlanta. Here he talks about the effects of SARS-COV2 on ovulation with someone we have been talking with since the beginning: Jerilynn C. Prior, MD, professor of endocrinology and metabolism at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Dr. Prior and colleagues presented in an oral session during the annual meeting. The abstract is titled “Epidemic of Subclinical Ovulatory Dist...

ENP52R: Incretins and Type 2 Diabetes Management RE-RELEASE

April 21, 2022 17:45 - 21 minutes - 20.7 MB

NOTE: This is an edited re-release of Episode 52. Host Aaron Lohr talks about incretins and type 2 diabetes management with Zenqi Liu, MD, chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. This episode is certified for up to 0.5 American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award (AMA PRA) Category 1 credits and American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification (ABIM MOC) points. Browse to https://bit.ly/3uEqWto for m...

ENP52: Incretins and Type 2 Diabetes Management

March 29, 2022 15:30 - 24 minutes - 20.7 MB

Host Aaron Lohr talks about incretins and type 2 diabetes management with Zhenqi Liu, MD, chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. This episode is certified for up to 0.5 American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award (AMA PRA) Category 1 credits and American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification (ABIM MOC) points. Browse to https://bit.ly/3uEqWto for more information and the certification course. Thi...

ENP51: Re-evaluating Standards for Bisphenol A

February 04, 2022 19:30 - 12 minutes - 14.7 MB

In recent years, much attention has been paid to the amount of Bisphenol A, or BPA, an endocrine-disrupting chemical, found in plastic products. But are the standards we have in place enough? Host Aaron Lohr talks with Heather Patisaul, PhD, of North Carolina State University. An Endocrine Society member, Dr. Patisaul is an expert on BPA whose research contributed to findings from a coalition that the Society participated in. This coalition of physicians, scientists, and public health and env...

ENP50: Drones, Robots, and Diabetes Tech

November 05, 2021 15:30 - 35 minutes - 33.5 MB

For our 50th episode since launching in 2018, host Aaron Lohr takes a look at drone and robotic technology being used for medicine delivery and patient education. He speaks with Derek O’Keeffe, MD, PhD, of the National University of Ireland, Galway, who has been at the forefront of this development in patient care. Dr. O’Keeffe will present on Tuesday, November 9, at the Endocrine Society's upcoming half-day-long, educational event, “Insulin 2121: The Next 100 Years of Discoveries,” which you...

ENP50 (correction in title): Drones, Robots, and Diabetes Tech

November 05, 2021 15:30 - 35 minutes - 33.5 MB

For our 50th episode since launching in 2018, host Aaron Lohr takes a look at drone and robotic technology being used for medicine delivery and patient education. He speaks with Derek O'Keeffe, MD, PhD, of the National University of Ireland, Galway, who has been at the forefront of this development in patient care. Dr. O'Keeffe will present on Tuesday, November 9, at the Endocrine Society's upcoming half-day-long, educational event, "Insulin 2121: The Next 100 Years of Discoveries," which you...

ENP49: Cardiovascular Disease and Type 2 Diabetes

October 25, 2021 17:00 - 21 minutes - 15.4 MB

Host Aaron Lohr talks about cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes with Jonathan Purnell, MD, from Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Purnell chaired the Endocrine Society's recent educational series, “Current and Future State of Cardiovascular Disease in Type 2 Diabetes,” which is available through December 2021. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast

ENP48: Type 1 Diabetes

September 13, 2021 18:45 - 39 minutes - 29.6 MB

We explore type 1 diabetes, everything from diagnosis to treatment strategies, hypoglycemia, technology, and teleheath. Host Aaron Lohr talks with Irl Hirsch, MD, from the University of Washington, and Davida Kruger, NP, from the Henry Ford Health System. They co-chair the Endocrine Society's 8th Annual Endocrine Fellows Type 1 Diabetes Care and Management Program. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast

ENP47: Obesity and Infertility

May 11, 2021 14:00 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MB

Host Aaron Lohr talks about obesity, infertility, and a lifestyle intervention program, Fit for Fertility, presented during the Endocrine Society's annual meeting ENDO 2021 by researchers from the University of Sherbrooke in Canada. Here he speaks with the first author of the presentation, Matea Belan, PhD. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast

ENP46: Vitamin D and COVID

April 28, 2021 14:00 - 13 minutes - 11.3 MB

Host Aaron Lohr talks about vitamin D insufficiency and COVID-19 with Laurel Mohrmann, MD, and Sweta Chekuri, MD, both from Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. Drs. Mohrmann and Chekuri participated on a team that presented in March on vitamin D insufficiency at ENDO 2021. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast

ENP45: Atypical Thyroiditis Induced by COVID-19

April 13, 2021 14:00 - 19 minutes - 17.4 MB

Host Aaron Lohr talks about thyroiditis and COVID-19 with Ilaria Muller, MD, PhD, from the University of Milan. Dr. Muller presented her research in March at ENDO 2021: “Early Follow-up of Atypical Thyroiditis Induced by SARS-CoV-2.” For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast

ENP44: Sodium Levels and COVID-19

March 30, 2021 14:15 - 22 minutes - 19.9 MB

A new study in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism shows the relationship between abnormal sodium levels and greater risk of respiratory failure and death in patients with COVID-19. Host Aaron Lohr speaks with two of the authors, Ploutarchos Tzoulis, MD, PhD, from University College London Medical School and Julian Waung, PhD, from the Whittington Health NHS Trust in London. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endoc...

ENP43: What to Expect From ENDO 2021

February 09, 2021 15:00 - 16 minutes - 16 MB

The pandemic has changed the world of medical and science conferences, including the Endocrine Society's annual meeting, ENDO 2021, which will be an all-virtual event. Host Aaron Lohr talks with Felix Beuschlein, a professor at University Hospital Zurich and chair of the Society's annual meeting steering committee, about what to expect. ENDO 2021 will be held on March 20-23. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.

ENP42: 100 Years of Insulin

January 22, 2021 17:30 - 16 minutes - 16.1 MB

Today we celebrate 100 years since the discovery of insulin. We talk with Elizabeth A. Stephens, MD, an endocrinologist with the Providence Medical Group in Portland, Ore., about the importance of this landmark discovery, how it shaped our understanding and treatment of diabetes, and how it sets the stage for the exciting breakthroughs of tomorrow. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.

ENP41: Appetite Hormone Responses to Sugars

January 05, 2021 20:55 - 10 minutes - 9.73 MB

We look at sugars and appetite with Kathleen Page, MD, associate professor of medicine at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. Dr. Page is the corresponding author of a new article published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, “Appetite-Regulating Hormones Are Reduced After Oral Sucrose vs Glucose: Influence of Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Sex.” For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www...

ENP40: Time in Range

October 07, 2020 14:00 - 32 minutes - 30.4 MB

Host Aaron Lohr talks about time in range, hypoglycemia, and continuous glucose monitoring with Steven Edelman, MD, and Jeremy Pettus, MD, from the University of California, San Diego, and Rayhan Lal, MD, of Stanford University. Once you finish listening, take a survey, and you will receive a fashionable pancreas pin. The survey and all other links can be found at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast. This episode is sponsored by an unrestricted, educational grant from Novo Nordisk, Abbott Diabe...

ENP39: What's New in Obesity Treatment

September 18, 2020 21:00 - 19 minutes - 18.7 MB

Hear host Aaron Lohr's talk with Donna Ryan from Pennington Biomedical about the latest developments in obesity treatment. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.

ENP38: Hypoglycemia

August 12, 2020 14:00 - 24 minutes - 23.5 MB

Host Aaron Lohr talks about hypoglycemia with Elizabeth Seaquist, MD, from the University of Minnesota, and Cecilia Low Wang, MD, from the University of Colorado Hospital. Drs. Seaquist and Low Wang are the faculty of the ENDO Online 2020 session titled “Severe Hypoglycemia: The Frequently Forgotten Threat.” Once you have listened to the episode, let us know what you think about it by taking a survey, the link to which you can find on our website, https://www.endocrine.org/podcast (click on t...

ENP37: Endocrine in the Time of COVID, Part 4

June 24, 2020 14:00 - 22 minutes - 21.4 MB

We continue in our four-part micro-series on endocrine in the time of COVID. Aaron talks more with Joshua Joseph, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Dr. Joseph talks about disparities in research funding and the need for mentoring for young researchers, changes in policymaking that helps poor and BIPOC communities, and more engagement by endocrinologists both in the pandemic and in ...

ENP36: Endocrine in the Time of COVID, Part 3

June 17, 2020 14:00 - 20 minutes - 19.8 MB

We continue in our four-part micro-series on endocrine in the time of COVID. Here Aaron talks about the health disparities we see in the pandemic, especially those affecting African-American patients, with Joshua Joseph, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. For more information, including helpful links and other episodes, visit our website at https://www.endocrine.org/podcast.