Acromegaly is a rare, slowly progressive, acquired disorder that affects adults. It occurs when the pituitary gland produces too much growth hormone (GH). touchENDOCRINOLOGY were delighted to speak with Prof. Thierry Brue (Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France) about the current treatment paradigm for acromegaly and the latest therapies that are currently being developed. The abstract ‘Management […]

We caught up with the American Thyroid Association (ATA) president Prof. Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FACS (University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA) ahead of this year’s virtual meeting to highlight their ATA Centennial Celebration at their upcoming conference taking place in Washington, DC in 2023. The 2023 American Thyroid Association Annual Meetings Centennial […]

Rare diseases can present numerous challenges for those living with these conditions and the healthcare professionals caring for them. In this interview we discuss some of these with Lisa Sarfaty, VP of Communication and Engagement for NORD (The National Organization for Rare Disorders) and explore ways in which they could be tackled.  Questions Could you […]

Our society partner, NORD (The National Organization for Rare Disorder) has planned several initiatives to support this year’s Rare Disease Day on 28 February.  These activities are aimed at raising awareness about rare diseases and the challenges faced by people living with these conditions.  In this video, Lisa Sarfaty, NORD’s VP of Communication and Engagement, […]

There has also been high interest in the treatment of hypothyroidism in older adults, the treatment of thyroid eye disease and the increase of radiofrequency ablation for thyroid nodules to reduce their size by 50% to 97%. We were delighted to speak with our editorial board member Prof. Glenn Braunstein (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, […]

2022 saw the FDA approval of teplizumab to delay the onset of type 1 diabetes. In addition, there has also been evidence to suggest the effectivness of SGLT2 inhibitors in type 1 diabetes. We were delighted to speak with our editorial board member Prof. Chantal Mathieu (University Hospital Gasthuisberg Leuven, Leuven, Belgium) around this year’s research […]

New exciting therapies for neuroendocrine tumours include the introduction of RET inhibitors for medullary thyroid cancer and belzutifan for metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours. We were delighted to speak with our editorial board member Prof. Ashley Grossman (University of Oxford, Oxford, UK) around this year’s research highlights in these topics and what to look out for […]

In this touchENDOCRINOLOGY interview, Dr José García-Tirado (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA) gives an overview of RocketAP and discusses how the RocketAP compares to the USS-Virginia system and also what the next steps in the clinical development of the Rocket AP will be. The abstract entitled: ‘RocketAP in Practice: Results from Pilot and Feasibility […]

An artificial pancreas is a system made of three parts that work together to mimic how a healthy pancreas controls blood glucose in the body. In this touchENDOCRINOLOGY interview, Dr José García-Tirado (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA) discusses the major challenges in the development of artificial pancreas systems. The abstract entitled: ‘RocketAP in Practice: Results from Pilot […]