Endocrine News Podcast

What causes Thyroid Eye Disease, or TED? How is it diagnosed and treated? What are the new emerging therapies for TED, and what do clinicians need to consider when determining the right approach for their patients?
In this episode, host Aaron Lohr talks with Dr. Terry J. Smith, the Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School, about these and other issues related to TED.
This episode is supported by an educational grant from Viridian Therapeutics.

Before the availability of insulin therapy, diabetes was a contraindication to pregnancy. It was recommended that women with type 1 diabetes (T1D) not get pregnant.
Today, with intensive insulin therapy, many tools exist to care for people with T1D. Nevertheless, pregnant women with T1D are still considered to have high-risk pregnancies, and susceptible to complications such as fetal overgrowth, or having a large baby.
Complications of T1D and pregnancy was the topic of a presentation by Camille Powe, MD, at this year's 13th Annual Type 1 Diabetes Fellows Program. Dr. Powe is co-director of the Diabetes and Pregnancy Program at Massachusetts General Hospital at Mass General Brigham. She’s also Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School.
In this episode, Host Aaron Lohr talks with Dr. Powe about the range of complications associated with diabetes in pregnancy, along with insights and updates to provide the best care possible.

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, F, Increase Proliferation and Growth of Thyroid Follicular Epithelial Cells and Disrupt Thyroid Histology."

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 will relapse within 15 years, underscoring the need for additional therapeutic options
This episode focuses on the role of androgen receptors in breast cancer, as it takes a look at an abstract presented at ENDO 2026, titled, The Impact of Androgen Receptors on Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer Microenvironments.
Host Aaron Lohr talks with the presenter of that abstract, Dr. Dillon Boulton, PhD, Postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Jennifer Richer at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

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 hormones too early—before age 8 years in girls and before age 9 years in boys. This early hormone signaling triggers physical changes such as breast development in girls, testicular enlargement in boys, rapid growth, and, in some cases, early menstruation.
Host Aaron Lohr talks with authors of the CPG on Central Precocious Puberty: Ana Latronico, MD, PhD, Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Sao Paolo University and Stephanie Roberts, MD, pediatric endocrinologist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital.