Aside from from the new look of Endocrine News in both print and online, we are now actively involved in the social media realm; we’re tweeting every day from @Endocrine_News, and we plan to engage readers on other platforms as well. So far Twitter has not only proven to be an effective means to get the word out,...
Welcome to the debut of the refreshed Endocrine News! As you thumb through this issue, it will be obvious that there has been a significant design overhaul. We felt this “reboot” vital in order to make Endocrine News a more viable vehicle for how the readers receive information. The goal is to present the content...
Dear Mark – I wanted to take a quick two minutes to thank you for the effort you put in to Endocrine News, and to express my feelings about the excellent content you routinely include. I always read it the day I receive it. I must also point out, however, that when I happily saw...
There’s something about rare disorders that have always intrigued me as a journalist. Granted, they’re not that common so many clinicians don’t necessarily come in contact with them very often. However, it’s that oddity that makes them so interesting and in my mind, makes it so vital that we include them in Endocrine News. In...
This month, we are devoting a considerable amount of space to the topic of clinical trials. This idea was suggested to me last year by Mila Becker, the senior director of Advocacy & Policy Programs for the Endocrine Society. It sounded like a great idea, and it wassomething Endocrine News had never done in the...
This month’s cover story by associate editor Derek Bagley takes us around the world as he explores the controversial and sometimes deadly topic of stem cell tourism in “Tourist Trap.” Due to the media making such a big deal out of what seems to be “miracle cures” for certain diseases as well as a plethora...
Eric Seaborg takes us on something of a “fantastic voyage” as he explores our innards for his in-depth piece on the gut microbiome that might surprise a lot of you. In “Gut Instinct,” we actually learn that this microbiota is not a foreign body — as many people believe — but actually a part of...
This month’s cover story is about a topic that has gotten a lot of attention in the mainstream media — fracking. Associate editor Derek Bagley hones in on this topic in his article, “Deep Impact,” as fracking applies to endocrine-disrupting chemicals. The hundreds of chemicals used in this process are possible endocrine-disrupting chemicals, but linking...
