Mark Newman, Author at Endocrine News

President's Viewpoint

Robust Virtual ENDO 2021 Delivers Top-Flight Educational Programming

Even through a screen, you could feel the inescapable energy and excitement of more than 7,000 endocrinologists gathered for ENDO 2021 in March. After weathering a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, we cherished the opportunity to share knowledge and network with our professional community more than ever. ENDO 2021 drew one of our largest meeting...

Diabetes News and Research

No Two Ways About It: Reconceptualizing Type 2 Diabetes

Drawing on years of prior research, a new paper published recently in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism makes the case for a wider classification of a complex disease such as type 2 diabetes. A new series of subsets would take into account race, age at onset, and a host of other contributing factors....

COVID-19

Over the Edge: Is COVID-19 Introducing a New Type of Diabetes?

Researchers are exploring the complex, push-pull relationship between COVID-19 and diabetes. Is the virus truly the cause of a new type of diabetes or is it merely hastening an inevitable development in susceptible patients? From the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, its effects on glycemic control have been among its challenges. Patients with...

Patient Populations
- Health Disparities

A recent Chinese study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism seems to show that body mass index and waistline measurements do not tell the whole story when determining cardiometabolic risk factors in some ethnic groups. According to the Hormone Health Network, as of January 2020, more than 2 billion adults have obesity...

Society News

Endocrine Society Urges Congress to Pass Legislation to Lower Insulin Prices

Applauds reintroduction of H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act to improve access to affordable medications The Endocrine Society is calling on Congress to pass legislation to lower the price of insulin and applauds the efforts of Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Committee Chairman...

Endocrine Disruptors

EDC Exposure During Pregnancy May Reduce Breast Cancer Protection

Low doses of propylparaben — an estrogen-like chemical used as a preservative in personal care products and foods — can alter pregnancy-related changes in the breast in ways that may reduce the normal protection against breast cancer that pregnancy hormones convey, according to a new study published in Endocrinology and presented at ENDO 2021. Researchers...

Star Power: Talking to the Winners of the 2021 Rising Stars Power Talks

ENDO 2021 saw the debut of a new virtual poster competition called the Rising Stars Power Talks where 15 trainees explained their research and took questions from a virtual audience. Endocrine News catches up with the winners to learn more about their research, their future plans, and more. When ENDO 2021 took place last month,...

Endocrine Society Shares Information about Endocrine Research with Congressional Offices

The Endocrine Society has launched a series of educational briefings for congressional offices about endocrine research. On March 30, we hosted a virtual congressional briefing on COVID-19 and diabetes. Our panel included Congresswoman Kim Schrier (WA-08), the only U.S. Representative living with type 1 diabetes and a pediatrician; director of the National Institutes of...