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JCEM Editors examine pandemic’s impact on endocrine patients in editorial Individuals taking a class of steroid hormones called glucocorticoids for conditions such as asthma, allergies and arthritis on a routine basis may be unable to mount a normal stress response and are at high risk if they are infected with the virus causing COVID-19, according...
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People who are very out of shape when they begin a behavioral weight loss program lose less weight in the long term than those who are more fit, a new study suggests. “This research could help us improve the design of our weight loss programs and suggests that adults with very poor fitness may benefit...
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Artificial intelligence that can “read” electronic radiology reports and flag patients with broken bones who are at risk of osteoporosis outperformed the traditional manual method of health care professionals reading X-ray reports, a new study finds. The results were presented during a virtual news conference hosted by the Endocrine Society. The new search tool, called...
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A pancreatic cancer “time machine” has revealed that the disease is even more unpredictable than previously thought: Cancer cells promote each other’s invasiveness when they grow together, according to a paper recently published in Small. Researchers led by Stephen Konieczny, PhD, professor of biological sciences at Purdue University, and Bumsoo Han, PhD, professor of biomedical...
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Virtual event to incorporate content from meeting cancelled amid COVID-19 pandemic Today, the Endocrine Society announced that it will host its largest-ever online meeting in June to ensure endocrine researchers and clinicians continue to have access to the latest scientific information, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. ENDO Online 2020 will feature a mixture of on-demand and live programming for both clinical and research audiences. The...
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The Guardian News environment reporter Emily Holden received the Endocrine Society’s annual Award for Excellence in Science and Medical Journalism, the Society announced today. Holden is being honored for her coverage of our everyday exposure to harmful chemicals found in plastics, cosmetics and food. The winning article, “Is modern life poisoning me? I took the tests to find out,” was published in The Guardian News in May 2019. This article is part of Toxic America,...
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In transgender men, what are the consequences of gender-affirming hormonal therapy on fertility? Led by Molly B. Moravek, MD, MPH, a team of researchers from the Center for Reproductive Medicine, in Ann Arbor, Mich., set out to answer that question as well as summarize the current literature on the topic of transgender men desiring reproduction...
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The Endocrine Society has selected five recipients for its 2020 Early Investigators Awards. The Early Investigators Awards were established to assist in the development of early-career investigators and to provide greater recognition of their accomplishments in endocrine-related research. The Endocrine Society’s 2020 Early Investigators Award winners are: Mehmet Furkan Burak, MD, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Mass. His research...
