A landmark report from an international Commission of experts, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (Rubino et al., 2025: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(24)00316-4), calls for a re-evaluation of Body Mass Index (BMI) as a standalone measure for assessing clinical obesity. The Commission highlights the limitations of BMI, noting that it can both overestimate and underestimate adiposity, as…

PC PAL had a strong presence at the two major paediatric endocrine congresses held in the UK this autumn: BSPED (Glasgow) and ESPE (Liverpool).The ESPE meeting drew a diverse attendance, not only from the European countries, but from around the world.The PC PAL booth was well attended, attracting a large number of requests for further…

Following the BSPED meeting last month in Glasgow, Liverpool hosts the second of two major paediatric endocrine congresses being held this autumn in the UK. As regular sponsors of both events, PC PAL’s growth charting specialists will be available to discuss the evolving and complex needs of child growth specialists. In addition to our leading…

Reimagine the future of health PC PAL is taking part in the ‘Oracle Health Collaboration Days‘ on 18 and 19 November in Würzburg, Germany. Together with our German partner Oracle Health Germany and its main partners we will discuss and exchange on the future of healthcare. The Oracle Health’s spectrum of future-oriented solutions and technologies…

Professor Kerstin Albertsson Wikland was at the forefront in pioneering the emerging specialty of paediatric endocrinology from the mid-1970s. Her gift to this established field of medicine is a rich legacy of research on child growth and development. Over a career spanning several decades her work produced insights which helped improve the diagnosis and treatment…

La société PC PAL est heureuse de vous informer qu’elle sera présente pourla première fois sur le 40e Congrès de la Société Française d’Endocrinologiequi aura lieu du mercredi 16 au vendredi 18 octobre 2024 au Polydome deClermont-Ferrand. A cette occasion, nous serons ravis de vous accueillir sur notre stand pourvous proposer nos solutions informatisées qui…

The BSPED returns to Glasgow for the first time since 1992. We look forward to continuing discussions with our clients for GrowthXP and more generally with users of electronic growth charts in the UK. Since that meeting in 1992 the IT landscape within the NHS has evolved significantly with the introduction of electronic patient records…

This joint conference, taking place in Zagreb, Croatia (September 5 – 8, 2024), brings together global specialists to share research and advance the understanding of human growth and development. Areas of special focus include the identification of altered growth, tracking severe obesity, and genetic growth disorders. The application of scientific understanding continues to provide the…