Goal-directed glycemic management in the hospital improves patient outcomes and reduces likelihood of readmission. ATLANTA—Hospitalized patients with diabetes or hyperglycemia who receive goal-directed glycemic management that includes new technologies for glucose monitoring and pre-discharge diabetes self-management education may have better outcomes and less likelihood of readmission, according to a Clinical Practice Guideline issued today by the Endocrine...
Endocrine Society Announces 2022 Early Investigator Award Winners
The Endocrine Society has selected five recipients for its Early Investigators Awards. The Early Investigators Awards were established to assist in the development of early-career investigators and to recognize their accomplishments in endocrine-related research. The Endocrine Society’s 2022 Early Investigators Award winners are: Omar Bello-Chavolla, MD, PhD, Instituto Nacional de Geriatría, Mexico City, Mexico –Bello-Chavolla...
Endocrine News talks with Christine M. Burt Solorzano, MD, chair of the committee that helped launch the Endocrine Society’s reinvigorated patient outreach program, EndoCares. With an in-person event taking place in Atlanta during ENDO 2022, EndoCares is set to become an important bridge between the Endocrine Society’s members and the patients they treat. The...Inaugural Transatlantic Award Recipient Shlomo Melmed to Be Featured at ENDO 2022
Shlomo Melmed, MB, ChB, the first recipient of the Transatlantic Alliance Award from the Endocrine Society and the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) will be a featured speaker at ENDO 2022. Melmed’s talk, “Growth Hormone: An Adult Endocrine Misnomer,” will be featured in the Presidential Plenary, “Health Equity in Endocrinology” beginning at 2 p.m. on...Clinical Pearls: Q&A with William F. Young, Jr., MD, Editor-in-Chief of JCEM Case Reports
In anticipation of the Endocrine Society’s new open access journal, JCEM Case Reports, its editor-in-chief, William F. Young, Jr., MD, talks to Endocrine News about how this new journal will have a place for both master clinicians and early-career physicians to present their cases, why it’s important to hear the patient’s perspective, as well as...Extracellular Vesicles Offer New Insights into Treating Endocrine Disorders
Endocrine Society issues Scientific Statement to explain the endocrine roles of extracellular vesicles. In a new Scientific Statement released today, the Endocrine Society describes the importance of extracellular vesicles as a new research target for understanding the causes of certain endocrine disorders such as cancer and diabetes and discovering new treatments for these disorders. During...
Misinformation disregards science and restricts access to evidence-based care. The Endocrine Society objects to the Florida Department of Health’s bulletin on gender-affirming care for transgender and gender-diverse youth. The bulletin contradicts the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ resources and the Society’s own evidence-based Clinical Practice Guideline regarding gender-affirming care. We call on the Florida Department...
Endocrine Society Speaks Out Against Texas Governor’s Anti-Transgender Directive
On Monday, February 21, the Texas attorney general issued a nonbinding legal opinion arguing that gender-affirming care falls under the state’s existing definition of child abuse and neglect. Following this, Texas Governor Greg Abbott released a directive ordering the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to conduct investigations of any reported instances of...
