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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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Rewiring the body clock: Deep brain imaging reveals unexpected complexity in jet lag adjustment

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What is known is that special cells in the eye called intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) detect blue light and send signals to the SCN to reset the clock. This region governs essential behaviors like the circadian clock, sleep, energy balance , and feeding.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

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He was a terrible diabetic. They have a special skill, and when they see someone who needs it, they need to use it. That makes it really special for them and for me. Eric 42:11 But how much of it is like Winston Churchill, like, democracy is the worst form of government. His hands were gone. And I was.

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Anti-Asian Hate: Russell Jeung, Lingsheng Li, & Jessica Eng

GeriPal

It’s both institutionalized racism where there are policies and practices by corporations, by government that create inequality. There are other acute issues, blood pressure medication, diabetes. Families have really checked up on their elders and really, again, sought to care for their elders in special ways during the pandemic.