Honored by both the Endocrine Society and the European Society of Endocrinology with the 2023 Transatlantic Alliance Award, George Chrousos, MD, ScD, has made significant contributions to endocrine research on both sides of the Atlantic! Endocrine News speaks with Chrousos about what this award means to him, conducting pioneering research on two different continents, the...
After years of being told that there were no other scientists out there “who looked like him,” Antentor Hinton, Jr., PhD, made it his mission to increase diversity in research labs everywhere he could. By mentoring up and coming scientists, championing DEI, and even creating the 1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists of America list in the...
Protocols for treating this common cancer complication are provided in latest Clinical Practice Guideline Experts provide the first framework for treating a common and life-threatening metabolic complication of cancer known as hypercalcemia of malignancy in the Endocrine Society’s new Clinical Practice Guideline. The guideline, titled “Treatment of Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in Adults: An Endocrine Society...
Endocrine News talks with Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan, MD, MPH, and Matthew T. Drake, MD, PhD, co–chairs of the guideline development panel that created the latest Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline on treating hypercalcemia of malignancy. Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) is the most common metabolic complication of cancer, but its incidence may be declining due to...
People with diabetes are benefiting from advances in medications and technologies to lower their risk of hypoglycemia, according to a Clinical Practice Guideline issued today by the Endocrine Society. The guideline, titled “Management of Individuals with Diabetes at High Risk for Hypoglycemia: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline,” was published online and will appear in the March 2023 print...
Endocrine News talks with Anthony L. McCall, MD, PhD, FACP and David C. Lieb, MD, FACP, co–chairs of the guideline development panel that created the latest Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline on managing hypoglycemia in people with diabetes. In the last decade or so, the amount of progress made in treating people with hypoglycemia has...
Anti-science rule threatens to harm transgender and gender-diverse minors; sets dangerous precedent for all health care decisions The Endocrine Society rebukes the Florida Board of Medicine’s decision to ban gender-affirming care for transgender and gender-diverse teenagers. We call on the Florida Board of Medicine to reverse the ban and allow physicians to provide evidence-based care and protect...
Antentor Hinton Jr., PhD, assistant professor of molecular physiology and biophysics at the School of Medicine Basic Sciences at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., has been awarded a grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Science Diversity Leadership program. The $1.15 million, five-year grant will support his work on “finding organelle contacts in human tissue across ethnicities...
Honored by both the Endocrine Society and the European Society of Endocrinology with the 2023 Transatlantic Alliance Award, George Chrousos, MD, ScD, has made significant contributions to endocrine research on both sides of the Atlantic! Endocrine News speaks with Chrousos about what this award means to him, conducting pioneering research on two different continents, the...
