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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a multifactorial, multifaceted syndrome that affects women across all ages from adolescence to post-menopause. It is reported to be the most common endocrinopathy in women of the reproductive age group.1 The nature of this syndrome is such that it requires support and intervention from multiple medical and allied specialties. The treatment […]

Ashley Grossman was awarded an Open Exhibition to St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, completed a degree in Psychology and Social Anthropology at the University of London, and then entered University College London where he received a First-Class degree in Anatomy, and the University Gold Medal from UCHMS. He became Professor of Neuroendocrinology at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital […]

Thyroid nodules arising in the isthmus are more likely to be malignant and demonstrate more aggressive behavior relative to thyroid nodules from either thyroid lobe. touchENDOCRINOLOGY were joined by Dr Sina Jasim (Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA) to discuss the main findings of her study presented at ENDO23. The abstract ‘THU-680 – Cytologic And […]

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia is an innate error in the biosynthesis of adrenal steroids, which triggers a wide range of consequences based on the level of the enzyme blockade. A deficiency in the enzyme 21-α-hydroxylase is the most frequent cause, presenting with different degrees of virilization in women, and may or may not present with the […]

Diabetes distress Diabetes distress (DD) is a well-described challenge of living with diabetes. While earlier authors defined DD as a set of unique, often hidden emotional burdens and worries that are part of the spectrum of patient experience when managing a severe, demanding chronic disease like diabetes,1 recent conceptualization views it as an emotional response […]

‘We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts… Be the witness of your thoughts.’ – Gautama Buddha1 The biomedical approach in modern medicine focuses on disease as a deviation from the norm of measurable biological variables. The social, psychological and emotional dimensions of health are largely ignored. However, it is […]

Alexithymia Alexithymia is a personality trait that refers to the inability to express emotions in words. The term was coined by psychotherapist Peter Sifneos in 1973, who used it to imply “no words for mood.”1 Over the past half-century or so, the alexithymia construct has developed and evolved into a refined paradigm, which helps us […]

It is vital for all of us involved in endocrinology and diabetes to keep abreast of advances in the various fields which will help those for whom we are responsible, our patients. As an endocrinologist with a particular interest in endocrine oncology, I am aware that attending specialist meetings and workshops is to be at […]