Endocrine Secrets - 8th Edition by Michael T McDermott (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Endocrinology/Metabolic Disease**

For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series(R) has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Endocrine Secrets, 8th Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets' popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style-making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.

• The proven Secrets Series(R) format gives you the most return for your time-succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective
• Fully revised and updated throughout, covering all aspects of today's practice of endocrinology, including obesity management, weight loss drugs, and bariatric surgery; type 2 diabetes mellitus; insulin therapy; thyroid cancer; osteoporosis therapies; and much more
• New chapters on Diabetes Management in Patients with Cancer; Health Care Disparities in Endocrinology; and Pseudo-Endocrine Disorders
• Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams
• Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime
• Written and fully updated by clinical and thought leaders in endocrinology who have contributed chapters in their areas of expertise. Dr. McDermott, editor of this volume, is also the editor of Diabetes Secrets in the Secrets Series(R)
• An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

Review Quotes

"...a highly practical, fully up-to-date and easily digestible overview of endocrine gland diseases for specialists. The popularity of this textbook or medical refresher course is evidenced by the 8th edition over the past 30 years.... The printed version of the book includes a code for downloading the electronic version of the publication.... The conclusion of the chapter is summarized in six key points, which summarize the most important findings of the entire chapter on half a page.... At the end of the entire book, the authors pleasantly surprised by including 34 short mini-case reports. The detailed index and high-quality publishing also deserve praise.... The entire book has a clear, easy-to-remember and pleasant form both in terms of the format of the text and its language. The effectiveness of learning...can thus be very high." Review by Case Studies in Diabetology, April 2026