Mark Newman, Author at Endocrine News

Kids in Lockdown: How COVID-19 Affected Children with Type 1 Diabetes

ENDO 2021 presented a plethora of research detailing how COVID-19 impacted a number of endocrine comorbidities. However, two studies in particular took a closer look at how the virus impacted pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes. Each year, ENDO is something of an “embarrassment of riches” because it consists of four days packed with the...

CEU 2021 Preview: Fatty Liver Disease: What Endocrinologists Need to Know

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As obesity and diabetes rates continue to climb, so too do rates of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). A CEU 2021 session will teach attendees how to identify NAFLD as well as the best treatment protocols. As it stands, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is on track to overtake viral hepatitis as the leading cause...

CEU 2021 Preview: Does Testosterone Therapy Have a Place in Treating Women?

At the all-virtual CEU 2021 in September, two contributors to a global consensus statement, Susan R. Davis, MBBS, FRACP, and Margaret E. Wierman, MD, will describe the use — and misuse — of giving women testosterone. This upcoming Clinical Endocrinology Update session sounds as if it could feature lively disagreement: “Endocrine Debate: Testosterone Therapy...

Mother and Child: Pregnancy Exposures Can Have Unintended Effects in Later Life for Both Offspring and Mother

Two studies from the all-virtual ENDO 2021 focused on how pregnancy is impacted by endocrine-disrupting chemicals. From both ends of the umbilical cord, research shows that both mothers and offspring feel the effects of these chemicals, sometimes for generations to come. In 2009, the Endocrine Society’s first Scientific Statement on endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) was...

Society News

Endocrine Society Journals Earn Higher 2020 Impact Factors

Endocrine Society Journals experienced large Impact Factor increases, led by Endocrine Reviews, according to Clarivate’s recently released annual Journal Citation Report (JCR) for 2020. A highly regarded metric used to measure the success of scholarly journals, the 2020 Impact Factor is calculated by tracking how many times articles that a journal published in 2018 and 2019 were cited by authors during 2020. The number of citations is then divided by the...

Diabetes News and Research

Mortality Rates Double in Readmitted DKA Patients

Readmitted patients have two times the death rate during a second hospitalization with diabetic ketoacidosis, so providers should identify factors predisposing them to a second DKA episode, according to a study presented at ENDO 2021. In “Rates and Predictors of 30-Day Readmission in Adults with Type 1 Diabetes Hospitalized for Diabetic Ketoacidosis in the US:...

Diabetes News and Research

Sardine-Enriched Diet Could Lessen Likelihood of Developing Diabetes

Consuming a sardine-enriched diet may prevent the development of type 2 diabetes, according to a study recently published in Clinical Nutrition. Researchers led by Diana A. Diaz-Rizzolo, PhD, of the Open University of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain, point out that consuming fish could play a role in preventing diabetes, but the specific types of fish...

Researchers Roundtable: Talking to 2021 Early Investigator Award Winner, Manuel D. Gahete, PhD

Each year the Endocrine Society recognizes endocrinologists who are in the early stages of their research careers by giving out the Early Investigator Awards. Endocrine News spoke to the five researchers from around the world to find out more about their award-winning research, the award’s potential impact, as well as how the COVID-19 pandemic has...