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The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) and 42 National Medical Associations Urge Congress To Pass Key Legislation To Improve Diabetes Patient Care Before Adjournment

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – (November 24, 2014) – The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) – joined by organizations including the American Diabetes Association, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, American Academy of Family Physicians, YMCA of the USA and the American Medical Association* – is accelerating its push for Congress to pass a bill that is critical to improving the quality of care delivered to America’s 29 million patients with diabetes and 86 million with prediabetes. The National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act (… more

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, American College of Endocrinology Announce Publication of First Disease State Commentary, Special Thyroid Section

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – (April 24, 2014) – The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) and the American College of Endocrinology (ACE) have issued a trio of thyroid-related manuscripts, including the first AACE/ACE Disease State Commentary, a new category of white paper for the organizations. All of the manuscripts are published as a special section in the Volume 20, Number 4, April 2014 issue of Endocrine Practice, AACE’s official peer-review journal. The commentary, entitled “Molecular Diagnostic Testing of Thyroid Nodules with Indeterminate Cytopathology,” examines two so-… more

Major Medical Association Announces Gathering of Key Diabetes Stakeholders to Tackle Challenges of Safety, Accuracy of Life-Saving Diabetes Patient Tools

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – (May 27, 2014) – The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)/American College of Endocrinology (ACE) today announced plans to convene a national consensus conference September 29  in Washington, D.C. to address issues tied to quality, safety and access to glucose monitoring devices and related supplies that patients use to ensure that their disease is under control. The blood glucose monitoring initiative will be uniquely structured to gather input from all major stakeholders… more

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Responds to USPSTF’s Statement on Thyroid Dysfunction Screening

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – (March 25, 2015) – While agreeing with the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s (USPSTF) assessment that more studies are needed to determine the effectiveness of screening for thyroid disease, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), the nation’s largest collection of clinical endocrinologists, contends that aggressive case finding is an appropriate alternative in patient groups where thyroid risk factors are present. AACE believes that testing and treating the patients who are at highest risk for developing life-altering overt thyroid disease is… more

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Diabetes Detection in the Dental Office

NASHVILLE – (BUSINESSWIRE) – Most people wouldn’t equate a dentist office visit with being adiabetes diagnosis, but according to research presented today at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists’ 24th Annual Scientific and Clinical Congress that’s one of the most logical places to be screened for the chronic disease. Diabetes Detection in the Dental Office (DiDDO) is the latest abstract from endocrinologist Saleh A. Aldasouqi of Michigan State University and colleagues, including Michigan dental surgeon Susan Maples. Taking advantage of the fact that… more

The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) publishes new, online-only Clinical Case Reports Journal dedicated to endocrine practice

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – (January 8, 2015) –The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) has launched a new, online-only journal – AACE Clinical Case Reports (AACR) – dedicated to endocrine practice case reports, including commentary from noted endocrinology experts. Derek LeRoith, MD, PhD, FACE, current Editor-in-Chief of AACE’s monthly medical journal, Endocrine Practice, will serve as editor of the new quarterly online… more

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists Applauds American Medical Association for Obesity Education Resolution

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – June 11, 2015 – The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) secured approval of a resolution by the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates that will that will secure  the study of obesity education in medical schools and the develop recommendations to address gaps in obesity education to physicians. The resolution was also supported by the American Society of Bariatric Physicians and the Endocrine Society and approved was at the AMA meeting in Chicago this week.… more

AACE Continues to Lead Efforts to Improve the Lives of Patients with Diabetes by Hosting Consortium of Experts

Jacksonville, FL – (December 4, 2015) – The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)  today announced its Consensus Conference on Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) slated for  Saturday, February 20, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The Consensus Conference is being organized to identify the evidence supporting the development of clinical recommendations for the management of patients with diabetes using CGM technology.  There is a growing body of clinical evidence that demonstrates the… more

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists/American College of Endocrinology Release New, Comprehensive Clinical Practice Guidelines and Updated Algorithm for Developing a Comprehensive Diabetes Mellitus Care Plan

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – (April 9, 2015) – The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) today announced the publication of new, expansive diabetes clinical practice guidelines and an updated diabetes algorithm to assist clinical caregivers with the medical management of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). The 2015 guidelines advocate for comprehensive control of diabetes beyond a simple focus on glycemic control to address multiple DM risk factors. The… more