ESA award winner 2024 – Annabelle Warren
Low blood sodium (hyponatraemia) is an easy state to fall into, but a hard one to get out of. At first glance, it sounds like a problem with a simple fix – just add [...]
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01, 2026
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10, 2025
How do you tell if you have low salt and how can you fix it?
It’s important to be balanced in all areas of life, but most of all on a molecular level. Our hormones, vitamins, minerals, fluids and temperature are all constantly changing, but they also have to [...]
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10, 2025
How to tell if the internet is lying to you about hormones
When it takes half a year or half your paycheque to see an endocrinologist, it’s really no surprise that we’re turning to the internet for advice. If you’ve had bad experiences with doctors or [...]
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09, 2025
Top endocrinology, or what it’s like working with remote communities
Medicine in the Northern Territory works a little differently than in other states. Up north crocodiles outnumber endocrinologists, which is unfortunate because crocs are terrible at explaining HbA1c. Vast distances, poverty, and language and [...]
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07, 2025
Hyperparathyroidism: not just a winning word in Scrabble
Primary hyperparathyroidism might be one of those diseases where the name is more painful than the symptoms. But if we break it down, we can see that this over-complicated word is actually a little [...]
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06, 2025
Why your hormones hate late nights
Despite what your cat, your boss, your baby or your algorithm might say, 1am is not a good time to be awake. People aren’t possums, and while sitting in a tree at midnight eating [...]
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05, 2025
A quicker, easier alternative to adrenal vein sampling
If you had to get a test, would you prefer to spend all afternoon in a hospital, or be home in time for lunch? Elisabeth Ng, endocrinologist and PhD candidate in the Endocrine Hypertension [...]
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03, 2025
Are pituitary tumours genetic?
Apart from your long-lost evil twin, you’re the only person in the world who has your unique combination of genes. Genetic variation is a good thing – without it, we’d be the pugs of [...]
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02, 2025
Excess cortisol and its impact on long-term health
In medicine, too much or too little of something is usually a problem. Excess hormones, excess knees, hospital excess - all of these things can be a genuine pain in the butt. For ages, [...]
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01, 2025
Moving from pediatric to adult care: not as scary as it sounds
Remember when you turned 18 and you instantly knew how to juggle responsibilities, manage your time, and navigate bureaucracies without feeling overwhelmed or making any silly mistakes? I don’t either. But that’s how the [...]