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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Christine Twining, MD, Chair, ABIM Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board The Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on April 1, 2025. The following is a summary of the spring meeting.

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STATEMENT RELEASE: Reproductive Health Coalition Statement on Impact of Medicaid Cuts

Doctors for America

“Prior to the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion, allowing states to cover more people, some showed up for their first prenatal visit with untreated medical conditions including diabetes and hypertension. Medicaid allows low income women to address medical conditions prior to pregnancy, improving outcomes.

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

Just today (June 17th) as we record this podcast: Ezra Klein released a wonderful interview with Sarah McBride , the first openly transgender member of congress A judge ruled that cuts to NIH grants focused on minority groups, including transgender people, were illegal and ordered the government to restore funding. Can you tell me about that?

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Right Relationships in the Real World

Doctor Rachel

This is a HUGE subject and this is a brief attempt to organize my early thoughts on right relationship, through the lens of my own life. Marriage and relationship, certainly. I had an interdisciplinary major in college and a medical school experience integrated with graduate work in the humanities. Creating community.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

And he’s also chaired the California Pacific Medical Center’s ethics committee since 1985. Bill 16:55 First of all, I just have to go back to Dax, because Dax in 1973 is when I first came out here as a senior medical student and met Al Johnson. He was a terrible diabetic. Bill, welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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2024 Summer Pinecones E-Newsletter -- ADVOCACY News

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

Please consider getting involved here in Maine - the Maine Medical Association & the Maine Osteopathic Association have a joint Legislative Committee that meets weekly during the session (usually January - May). Family Physicians Relieved SCOTUS Preserves Patient-Physician Relationship The June 13 U.S. Get Involved!

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What We Now Know About COVID Prevention and Treatment: A Podcast with Monica Gandhi

GeriPal

People who had had long standing relationships with their doctors wanted to change doctors. And their death rate was so high during Omicron because they had distrust to the vaccine and distrust to the government. And all these tools I’m mentioning to you are medical. And it is part of our being together. Eric: Yeah.