The Endocrine Society on Thursday will host a Twitter chat focused on polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) to coincide with women’s health month, moderated by Society member Genevieve S. Neal-Perry, MD, PhD, who directs the University of Washington Medicine’s Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Center. Nearly 10 percent of women have PCOS, and it is one of the...
Members in the News: Patricia Brubaker Joins Royal Society of Canada
Endocrine Society member Patricia Brubaker, PhD, of the University of Toronto, has been recognized by the Royal Society of Canada for her accomplishments in the lab. She will join the prestigious Society as a fellow, as the University of Toronto points out. Brubaker and her colleague, Endocrine Society member Daniel Drucker, MD, of Mount Sinai...
Members in the News: John W. Funder Awarded Fondation IPSEN Endocrine Regulations Prize
Endocrine Society member John W. Funder, MD, PhD, of Prince Henry’s Institute in Victoria, Australia, today was awarded the Fondation PSEN Endocrine Regulations Prize for his work on endocrine aspects of hypertension, including primary aldosteronism. The award was presented at the International Congress of Endocrinology — Chinese Society of Endocrinology in Beijing. As Business Wire points out, Funder...
Members in the News: Deanna Adkins Featured on NPR for Her Work with Transgender Teens
National Public Radio (NPR) yesterday featured Endocrine Society Deanna Adkins, MD, highlighting her work with transgender teens in the gender clinic she started at Duke University’s Children’s Hospital in Durham, N.C. The radio program lets us listen in as Adkins treats a fifteen-year-old transgender boy named Drew, who came to North Carolina with his mom from Jacksonville, Fla....
As the Endocrine Society celebrated 100 years at ENDO 2016, attendees were treated to a cascade of new research. From the ongoing controversy of what constitutes gestational diabetes to the ongoing research of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, endocrine science was the real star in Boston. On the afternoon of Sunday, April 3, the day before ENDO 2016... The cost of insulin in the United States more than doubled between 2002 and 2013, according to a study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. As Reuters points out, the cost of other diabetes medications rose as well, but spending on insulin in 2013 was more than all of those other drugs combined....
