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Gut Instincts: The Endocrinologists Behind the 2020 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize

Endocrine Society members Daniel J. Drucker, MD, and Joel F. Habener, MA, MD, talk to Endocrine News about their 2020 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize-winning research of key intestinal hormones, as well as their distinguished careers and what this award means to them. On October 1, the Warren Alpert Foundation Prize will be presented in a...

The Show Must Go On: The Comeback of ENDO Online 2020

When the world was thrown into disarray earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ENDO 2020 in San Francisco was one of the many casualties. All was not lost, however, as the Endocrine Society quickly regrouped and rebounded and hosted the all new, completely virtual ENDO Online 2020 taking place over two weeks in...

Endocrine Society Urges Congress to Increase Funding for NIH

Funding needed by start of new fiscal year to advance public health during pandemic The Endocrine Society is calling on Congress to pass the House Labor-HHS spending bill to ensure health agencies are funded before the start of Fiscal Year 2021 and to avoid the tumult and disruption of a continuing resolution and potential government shutdowns. The...

From a Distance: Encouraging Physical Distancing to Slow COVID-19

Endocrine News spoke with J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, editor-in-chief, Journal of the Endocrine Society, about his March editorial in the New York Times that urged physical distancing in order to save lives. He discusses the editorial’s impact, the importance of videoconferencing, and COVID-19’s lasting impact on healthcare. On March 24, J. Larry Jameson, MD,...

Introducing the New President: Gary D. Hammer, MD, PhD

The Endocrine Society is pleased to welcome its president for 2020–2021, Gary D. Hammer, MD, PhD, who took office at the Society’s virtual business meeting on April 6. As director of the Endocrine Oncology Program at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center in Ann Arbor, his work on adrenal homeostasis focuses on progenitor cell...

Individuals Taking Class of Steroid Medications at High Risk for COVID-19

JCEM Editors examine pandemic’s impact on endocrine patients in editorial Individuals taking a class of steroid hormones called glucocorticoids for conditions such as asthma, allergies and arthritis on a routine basis may be unable to mount a normal stress response and are at high risk if they are infected with the virus causing COVID-19, according...

Poor Fitness May Impede Long-Term Success in Weight Loss Program

People who are very out of shape when they begin a behavioral weight loss program lose less weight in the long term than those who are more fit, a new study suggests. The results were presented during a virtual news conference hosted by the Endocrine Society. “This research could help us improve the design of...

Artificial Intelligence Improves X-ray Identification of Patients with Broken Bones

Artificial intelligence that can “read” electronic radiology reports and flag patients with broken bones who are at risk of osteoporosis outperformed the traditional manual method of health care professionals reading X-ray reports, a new study finds. The results were presented during a virtual news conference hosted by the Endocrine Society. The new search tool, called...

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