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 podcast@endocrine.org.
This episode looks at bisphenols and the thyroid, asking questions such as: What is BPA? Where is it found? And what do we know about the possible health risks regarding exposure to it? Host Aaron Lohr talks with Kailey Caroland, a cancer biology PhD candidate at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, about her ENDO 2026 abstract on the topic titled, "Bisphenol A, and Alternative Bisphenols S,…
Estrogen receptor positive breast cancer (ER+ BC) is the most frequently diagnosed subtype of BC with consequent highest mortality. For patients with ER+ BC, standard of care treatments are endocrine therapies targeting ER expression and activity or aromatase inhibitors that block synthesis of estrogens from adrenal androgens. However, it is estimated that nearly 33% of all patients with ER+ BC…
The Endocrine Society recently released a new Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) on Central Precocious Puberty . Among its many recommendations, the CPG says some subgroups of children with precocious puberty—such as older girls with slowly progressing puberty—may not need the same level of testing or treatment. Central precocious puberty happens when a child’s brain activates puberty-related…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently qualified "total hip bone mineral density" as a surrogate endpoint to support clinical trials for osteoporosis drugs. This decision will significantly impact clinical trials moving forward, as the traditional endpoint of "fracture outcomes" presented many challenges regarding sample size, duration, and cost. The change came about because of findings…
The endocrine workforce shortage is affecting the lives of endocrinologists and the patients they treat. Many practices would benefit from any support that would give endocrinologists more capacity to focus where they really need to. Could advance practice providers, such as nurse practitioners and physicians assistants, be able to provide that support if they had a little more training? The…