Two recent studies from The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism emphasize the negative metabolic effects of fat mass compared with lean muscle mass on adolescent cardiovascular health and bone health. Several recent studies have highlighted the importance of lean muscle mass versus the dangers of fat mass in children and adolescents — and suggest...Critical Mass: Recent Research Emphasizes More Dangers of Obesity in Adolescence
Two recent studies from The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism emphasize the negative metabolic effects of fat mass compared with lean muscle mass on adolescent cardiovascular health and bone health. Several recent studies have highlighted the importance of lean muscle mass versus the dangers of fat mass in children and adolescents — and suggest...
When Evan D. Rosen, MD, PhD, first began researching adipose biology many years ago, not much was known about it and its impacts on so many diseases. He talks to Endocrine News about how far the science has advanced regarding adipose tissue as well as his own lab’s research, the importance of collaboration, and why...
Laurence Katznelson, MD, a national leader in graduate medical education and a distinguished physician-scientist in endocrinology and metabolism, will join Cedars-Sinai as vice dean of Medical Education on May 1. Katznelson will oversee Cedars-Sinai’s Graduate Medical Education, Continuing Medical Education, the Women’s Guild Simulation Center for Advanced Clinical Skills, the Chuck Lorre School of Allied Health, and...
Endocrine Society members elected Carol Lange, PhD, of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minn., as its 2025-2026 president. She will serve as president-elect for a year beginning in June 2024 before becoming President in June 2025. A professor of medicine and molecular pharmacology and therapeutics, Lange also holds the Tickle Family Land Grant Endowed...