Endocrine Society, coalition file intervention in UK High Court appeal The Endocrine Society and a coalition of LGBTQ+ youth and reproductive health organizations argued in a joint submission to the High Court of England and Wales that transgender teenagers should be able to give informed consent to treatment the same way teenagers with other medical conditions can. The coalition submitted a written intervention as part of the appeal of Bell v Tavistock and Portman NHS Health Foundation, a case where...
Landmark decision will preserve access to care for people with pre-existing conditions, chronic disease The Endocrine Society today praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act, which makes health care accessible to millions of individuals nationwide, including those with hormone health conditions such as diabetes, osteoporosis, thyroid conditions, and breast and prostate cancer....
The Endocrine Society appointed two new editors-in-chief of its prestigious journals. Ashley Grossman MD, FRCP, of Barts and the London School of Medicine in London, U.K., has been named the next editor-in-chief of Endocrine Reviews, and Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, PhD, of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Urbana, Ill., has been named editor-in-chief of the...
If you haven’t already, tune into Endocrine Feedback Loop, a journal club podcast series brought to you as a Members-only benefit of the Endocrine Society. Each episode features an expert educator and a topical specialist dissecting recently published journal articles and discussing implications for clinical practice. Using recently published articles from the Society’s clinical journals,...
By joining with the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and the American Academy of Physician Assistants, the Endocrine Society has created an educational coalition to address the challenges of treating patients with both type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Together with the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP),...
While most organizations would have found 2020 a challenging year, the Endocrine Society’s Adrenal and Pituitary Special Interest Group managed to thrive with the help of new technology, expert staff guidance, and a group of determined members. The Endocrine Society’s Adrenal and Pituitary Special Interest Group (AP-SIG) was created to connect physicians and scientists...
Applauds reintroduction of H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act to improve access to affordable medications The Endocrine Society is calling on Congress to pass legislation to lower the price of insulin and applauds the efforts of Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Committee Chairman...
ENDO 2021 saw the debut of a new virtual poster competition called the Rising Stars Power Talks where 15 trainees explained their research and took questions from a virtual audience. Endocrine News catches up with the winners to learn more about their research, their future plans, and more. When ENDO 2021 took place last month,...
If you haven’t already, tune into Endocrine Feedback Loop, a journal club podcast series brought to you as a Members-only benefit of the Endocrine Society. Each episode features an expert educator and a topical specialist dissecting recently published journal articles and discussing implications for clinical practice. Using recently published articles from the Society’s clinical journals,...
