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...
This month’s issue is somewhat of a departure from what we typically cover in Endocrine News. In honor of ENDO 2015 being a bit early this year and so many thousands of you converging on San Diego for the annual conference, we thought we would use this issue to help you get to know some...
Family truly is the tie that binds in so many ways. And nowhere is that adage more relevant than in the discussion of family history, genetics, inherited traits, and so on. In this month’s cover story, “Family History” (p. 9), Eric Seaborg takes a look at how advances in genetic testing have been vital in...
We kick off 2015 with a cover story on a relatively rare disorder that causes a disproportionately large number of burdens on the patient: Hypoparathyroidism. Statistics from the Hypoparathyroidism Association show that roughly 100,000 people in the U.S. suffer from this affliction and have a wide range of side effects including job loss, hospital visits,...
The lonely-looking doctor on the front of the magazine is stressed because he’s overworked. Turns out, he’s the only endocrinologist in a 200-mile radius from his practice. Yes, there is an endocrinologist shortage, and according to a recent Endocrine Society workforce analysis, this shortage will likely persist for the foreseeable future. Some endocrinologists are even...
