People who live in walkable neighborhoods with access to parks and other outdoor activities are more active and less likely to have diabetes or obesity, according to a new paper published in the Endocrine Society’s journal, Endocrine Reviews. Nearly half of the adults in the United States have obesity, and over 11% of the U.S. population has diabetes. Researchers and...
Endocrine Society Alarmed at Criminalization of Transgender Medicine
Texas governor inaccurately characterizes evidence-based care as “child abuse.“ The Endocrine Society condemns the directive by Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordering the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to investigate any reported instances of Texas children receiving gender-affirming care as “child abuse.” This policy rejects evidence-based transgender medical care and will restrict access to...
Obesity May Increase End-Stage Kidney Disease Risk in Women with Type 2 Diabetes
Obesity may negatively affect kidney function in people with type 2 diabetes, particularly in women, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Diabetic nephropathy, or the deterioration of kidney function in people with diabetes, is caused by high blood pressure and high blood sugar. Approximately one in...
Newly Identified Hormone May Be Critical Driver of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
A newly discovered hormone named fabkin helps regulate metabolism and may play an important role in the development of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, according to research led by the Sabri Ülker Center for Metabolic Research at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The findings were published in Nature. The study showed blood...
Transgender Health: Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy and Diabetes Risk
New research published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism shows that transgender women may be at higher risk for type 2 diabetes compared to cisgender women, but not to cisgender men. However, there is little evidence that hormone therapy is the culprit. As of 2016, 1.4 million adults identify as transgender or gender...
Are High Levels of Body Fat in Men a Risk Factor for Osteoporosis?
Men with high levels of body fat have lower bone density and may be more likely to break a bone than those with normal levels of body fat, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Most studies have shown positive or neutral effects of body fat mass...
The Endocrine Society joined a coalition of physicians, scientists, and public health and environmental organizations to send a formal petition to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), calling on the agency to rescind its approvals for bisphenol A (BPA) in adhesives and coatings and set strict limits on its use in plastics that contact food....
COVID-19 Pandemic Associated with Disruptions to Women’s Reproductive Health
Women’s reproductive health has been disrupted as a result of the psychological burden of the COVID-19 pandemic, and affected women need additional medical and psychological support, according to research presented at the Society for Endocrinology annual conference in Edinburgh last November. The findings indicate that stress and sleep disturbance related to the pandemic have had...
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