In April, the Society issued a Clinical Practice Guideline calling on physicians to ramp up screening for primary aldosteronism, a common cause of high blood pressure. The guideline, entitled “The Management of Primary Aldosteronism: Case Detection, Diagnosis, and Treatment: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline,” was published online and appeared in the May 2016 print...
On April 22, members of the Partnership for the Accurate Testing of Hormones (PATH) met at the Endocrine Society headquarters in Washington D.C. to develop strategies to standardize hormone tests and raise awareness among physicians of the poor quality and incommutability of the tests they order. PATH seeks to improve patient care and public health...
When I entered Marietta College (Ohio) on a football grant-in-aid and about to become a father, I knew that my college years were going to be most challenging. However, I loved science and chose a “comprehensive science/education” major so I could teach and coach upon graduation. My academic pursuits went well; however, during my senior...
Pfizer has created a competitive grants award program to improve the care of patients with endocrine disorders as well as advance medical knowledge of the fundamental mechanisms of disease and potential future treatments. The 2016 U.S. Aspire Endocrinology Award is designed to support exceptional investigators working in the field of endocrinology as well as advance...
The Endocrine Society’s Hormone Health Network (HHN) is the organization’s patient outreach arm, and as such it is constantly coming up with new initiatives to educate patients about their own health concerns as well as the endocrine system. HHN Director, Cheretta Clerkley, MBA, CASE, spoke with MD Magazine at ENDO 2016 in Boston about D.A.I.L.Y....
With a $1.2 million gift from the family of Dr. John D. Baxter, the Endocrine Society established the John D. Baxter Prize for Entrepreneurship to recognize scientists and clinicians who have demonstrated innovation and entrepreneurship by furthering the translation of endocrine research into patient care. John D. Baxter, MD, a past-president of the Endocrine Society,...
This fall, the Endocrine Society will launch its first open-access journal to speed the process of sharing endocrine research breakthroughs with scientists, health care providers and the public, the Society announced at its annual meeting. The peer-reviewed publication will be called Journal of the Endocrine Society (JES), and the articles will span the Society’s mission...
As ENDO 2016 winds down and we continue to celebrate the Society’s Centennial throughout the year, we now need to focus on new initiatives for the second century of the Endocrine Society. Over the next decades, we are likely to see more of today’s exciting developments in basic endocrine science making their way into the...
On April 22, members of the Partnership for the Accurate Testing of Hormones (PATH) met at the Endocrine Society headquarters in Washington D.C. to develop strategies to standardize hormone tests and raise awareness among physicians of the poor quality and incommutability of the tests they order. PATH seeks to improve patient care and public health...
When I entered Marietta College (Ohio) on a football grant-in-aid and about to become a father, I knew that my college years were going to be most challenging. However, I loved science and chose a “comprehensive science/education” major so I could teach and coach upon graduation. My academic pursuits went well; however, during my senior...
