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Denying preventive services increases medical costs, jeopardizes public health The Endocrine Society objects to the administration’s decision to severely restrict access to the Title X Family Planning Program, the nation’s only program for affordable birth control and reproductive care. The Title X program is essential in helping ensure that every person — regardless of income,...
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CEO Update names Barbara Byrd Keenan as Professional Society CEO of the Year CEO Update has selected Endocrine Society chief executive officer Barbara Byrd Keenan, FASAE, CAE, as its Professional Society CEO of the Year. CEO Update, the publication that covers the association sector, announced the winners of its Association Leadership Awards Tuesday. The awards...
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A study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism demonstrates a number of risks between thyroid cancer and cardiovascular disease. While the research shows typical co-morbidities in certain populations, could there be an actual link between the two? With advances in cancer management and treatment, patients with cancer diagnoses are living longer. However,...
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Artificial intelligence – once only found in a Steven Spielberg movie – is being adopted by the healthcare industry more and more from improving diabetes outcomes to reducing unnecessary thyroid surgeries. As these technologies improve, clinicians will soon have yet another ally to individualize patient care. Artificial intelligence. Machine learning. Those very phrases stir up...
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The Foundation for the NIH (FNIH) has opened nominations for the 2nd Trailblazer Prize for Clinician-Scientists. This annual prize and $10,000 honorarium presented by the FNIH recognizes the outstanding contributions of early career clinician-scientists in the United States whose work has the potential to or has led to innovations in patient care. The FNIH will...
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Here is a quick run down of major issues being discussed by policymakers from an endocrine perspective and the Society’s current advocacy work. Let us know if you would like additional information or have any questions. What’s Happening in Washington SOTU & Trump Health Priorities – President Donald Trump gave his annual State of the Union (SOTU)...
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Study finds oral side effects are uncommon and manageable Oral complications are rare in women taking medications for postmenopausal osteoporosis, according to a study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. An oral complication called osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) is exposed bone in the jaw that is slow to heal (8 weeks...
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A team of researchers has provided baseline characteristics for infants with atypical genital development born in the United States, according to a paper recently published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society. The researchers, led by Amy B. Wisniewski, PhD, of Cook’s Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, write that little is known about the...
