Many of us are now fully back at our day job having returned from last month’s ENDO in Boston. The meeting was a fabulous success. There was such a buzz around the conference center, where friends and colleagues, old and new, met to discuss the very best in science and clinical practice. Congratulations and a...
When his grandmother succumbed to a heart attack when he was only eight years old, Joshua J. Joseph, MD, MPH, was determined to end as much suffering as he could. The recipient of the Endocrine Society’s 2024 Richard E. Weitzman Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award, he details his ongoing endeavors to make sure Black Americans...
The type of weight loss surgery women undergo before becoming pregnant may affect how much weight their children gain in the first three years of life, according to a study presented at ENDO 2024. Researchers found children born to women who underwent sleeve gastrectomy before they became pregnant gain more weight per month on...
Fourth-year graduate student Tanya Pierre at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Comprehensive Diabetes Center talks to Endocrine News about when she realized that she could “do science” as a career, how she hopes her research will help her community, and the importance of awards to help young researchers continue their work. For many young...
Children who are sedentary for more than six waking hours a day have a significantly increased risk of severe fatty liver disease and liver cirrhosis by young adulthood, according to a study presented at ENDO 2024 and published in Nature’s npj Gut and Liver. “We found that this relationship between sedentariness and liver damage is likely...
It appears that this year, Endocrine News is having a number of firsts in terms themed issues: in January we devoted an issue to thyroid cancer and last month was the first time we devoted an issue to our Asian American members to commemorate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This month we mark...
On June 17, the Endocrine Society joined delegations from dozens of countries gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, for the third session of an ad hoc open-ended working group (OEWG) convened under the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to develop proposals to establish a new science policy panel charged with helping to inform governments, companies, farmers and...
An Endocrine News roundup of the week’s pharmaceutical news, breakthroughs, and general information. * Metabolon Receives NIH Grant to Develop Advanced Monitoring and Predictive Tools for Type 1 Diabetes Progression Morrisville, N.C.- based Metabolon, Inc., has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop an innovative product aimed at better monitoring...
When his grandmother succumbed to a heart attack when he was only eight years old, Joshua J. Joseph, MD, MPH, was determined to end as much suffering as he could. The recipient of the Endocrine Society’s 2024 Richard E. Weitzman Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award, he details his ongoing endeavors to make sure Black Americans...
Fourth-year graduate student Tanya Pierre at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Comprehensive Diabetes Center talks to Endocrine News about when she realized that she could “do science” as a career, how she hopes her research will help her community, and the importance of awards to help young researchers continue their work. For many young...
It appears that this year, Endocrine News is having a number of firsts in terms themed issues: in January we devoted an issue to thyroid cancer and last month was the first time we devoted an issue to our Asian American members to commemorate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This month we mark...
