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...
Q&A: Anthony L. McCall, MD, PhD, FACP, and David C. Lieb, MD, FACP
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...
Endocrine Society Condemns Florida’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Care
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...
KES at 40: Celebrating 40 Years of the Korean Endocrine Society
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Korean Endocrine Society (KES), Endocrine News is sharing a history of a vital sister organization to the Endocrine Society. First founded as a discussion group, the KES has grown into an internationally recognized endocrinology association that has impacted patient care and scientific research around the world. The Korean...
In May, the Endocrine Society launched its latest Special Interest Group (SIG) focused on oncoendocrinology. Even though there is a SIG devoted to endocrine cancers, this new SIG will focus on endocrine and metabolic consequences of non-endocrine cancers and their treatments. In 2019, the Endocrine Society launched Special Interest Groups (SIGs) with the aim of...
The Endocrine Society and the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) have jointly awarded the 2023 Transatlantic Alliance Award to Prof. George P. Chrousos, MD, ScD. Chrousos is professor emeritus of pediatrics and endocrinology at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) School of Medicine in Athens, Greece. He also is the UNESCO Chair on Adolescent... The Endocrine Society today announced it has chosen 13 leading endocrinologists as winners of its prestigious 2023 Laureate Awards, the top honors in the field. Endocrinologists are scientists and medical doctors who specialize in unravelling the mysteries of hormone disorders to care for patients and cure diseases. These professionals have achieved breakthroughs in scientific discoveries...
