Health Disparities

Incarceration Nation: Administering Endocrine Healthcare in Our Nation’s Prisons

A first-of-its-kind session at ENDO 2024 will discuss healthcare management for the most underserved of the underserved: the incarcerated. The session, “Endocrine Care for Incarcerated Individuals,” will offer a detailed look at not only what it’s like to be incarcerated, but also the challenges of delivering appropriate endocrine treatment to this often unfairly stigmatized population....

The Root of the Problem: Warning Consumers About EDCs from the Laboratory Bench

With a keen interest in hormonal research, Emily Hilz, PhD, has become passionate about the dangers of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, especially in beauty products. She talks to Endocrine News about a new app she’s developing to help shield Black women from dangerous products they could be using every day. A new mobile app developed by Emily...

Women Face Greater Risk of Obesity in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Study finds women are 2-3 times more likely to be affected than men Women in low- and middle-income countries, especially in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, may be 10 times more likely to have obesity or heart health issues than their male counterparts, according to a large meta-analysis published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism....

Making a Statement

Released in May, “Endocrine Health and Health Care Disparities in the Pediatric and Sexual and Gender Minority Populations: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement,” was a featured session on the last day of ENDO 2023. Endocrine News spoke to some of the authors about these updated treatment protocols. Year after year, the Endocrine Society’s Annual Conferences...

Endocrine Society’s New Scientific Statement Identifies Research Gaps in Pediatric, LGBTQIA Care

In a new Scientific Statement released today, the Endocrine Society identifies areas for future endocrine research to reduce health disparities in pediatric and sexual and gender minoritized populations. This Scientific Statement expands the Society’s 2012 statement by focusing on endocrine disease disparities in the pediatric and sexual and gender minoritized populations. These include pediatric and...

Paraben Exposure Linked to Mammary Cancer Growth and Metastasis

Parabens like methylparaben (MP) and propylparaben (PP), which are commonly used in food, cosmetic, and drug preservatives, are associated with mammary cancer growth and metastasis in mice, according to a study recently published in Endocrinology. Researchers led by Michele A. La Merrill, PhD, of the Department of Environmental Toxicology at the University of California at...

Conversation Starters: Solutions to Overcome Health Disparities in Latinx Communities

Language and cultural barriers are often a challenge when treating underserved Hispanic populations, which was only exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Ricardo Correa, MD, EdD, and Licy L. Yanes Cardozo, MD, tell Endocrine News how to improve care delivery to these patients, and how the solutions could be simpler than you think. Last month,...

The Time Is Always Now: The Endocrine Society’s Call to Eliminate Racism in Endocrinology

With the publication of “Eradicating Racism in Endocrinology: An Endocrine Society Policy Perspective” in the January issue of The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, the Endocrine Society formally calls for policies to address racial and ethnic inequities in the endocrine workforce and in access to care. James Baldwin began his 1956 essay “Faulkner and...

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