US ENDOCRINOLOGY VOLUME 14 – ISSUE 1 – SUMMER 2018

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Q. What is your opinion on the major recommendations of the current ADA guidelines for type 2 diabetes prevention? The key recommendations are as follows: consume less than 10% of your calories per day from added sugars; consume less than 10% of your calories per day from saturated fats; consume less than 2,300 mg per […]

Q. What are the major challenges of diabetes education? The major challenge is that, disappointingly, a low percentage of people in the US receive diabetes education. Much of the problem is regarding access or people not understanding the importance of education. Diabetes is a disease that requires self-management, and it is difficult when visits to […]

Q. Why is there a need for a psychosocial approach to the management of diabetes? Diabetes is a multifaceted disorder, which can impact every organ-system of the body. Apart from its biomedical complications, diabetes also influences the emotional, mental, and social domains of health. The lifestyle modification that is required to manage diabetes also creates […]

Q. What are the major challenges of treating pediatric type 1 and 2 diabetes? Achieving optimal glycemic control in children and adolescents with diabetes remains a major challenge. Management of diabetes requires an age-specific approach, taking into account the needs and characteristics related to specific developmental stages. Variable eating patterns and physical activity, along with […]

Q. Why is molecular testing for thyroid cancer important? Assessment of risk of malignancy (ROM) in thyroid nodules is key to improved care. To assess ROM, we use medical history, physical examination, the results of ultrasound (US)-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNA), and now we have molecular testing. Molecular testing can be diagnostic when used […]

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 […]

Modern medicine bases its therapeutic interventions upon a thorough understanding of the pathogenesis of disease. This framework provides opportunity for the development of rational medical and surgical interventions, and promotes evidence-based management of illness. Such an approach, however, creates an ecosystem wherein the modern medical practitioner thinks, and communicates, keeping ‘pathos’ or disease as the […]

Diabetes, with its ever growing prevalence, becomes a two-front struggle for young females living with it in developing countries. Firstly, they are already subjected to discrimination and social pressures because of the gender they were born with. Furthermore, thanks to the inconsiderate prevention messages, awareness campaigns about diabetes-related complications, judgmental attitudes of healthcare professionals, and […]

Introduction Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by high blood glucose levels. According to International Diabetes Federation (IDF) 2017 data, there were 425 million persons with DM worldwide, and that is expected to reach 629 million by 2045.1 Normal sexual health is a dynamic and harmonious state involving erotic and reproductive experiences, […]