The Endocrine Society’s chief program officer Wanda Johnson won the PCMA Education Foundation’s Visionary Award honoring the Meeting Professional of the Year. A veteran Society employee with more than 20 years’ tenure, Johnson leads the Education, Science, and Professional Development department. Her team is responsible for organizing ENDO, the Society’s annual meeting and expo, as...
MIT Knight Science Journalism Program Director and Undark Magazine publisher Deborah Blum received the Endocrine Society’s annual Award for Excellence in Science and Medical Journalism. Blum was honored for her coverage of the health effects soy milk and formula have on infants. The winning article, “The Great Soy Formula Experiment,” was published in Undark Magazine...
New scientific evidence has strengthened the case for reserving testosterone therapy for well-documented cases of hypogonadism, a condition where the body does not produce enough testosterone, Endocrine Society experts concluded in an updated Clinical Practice Guideline released today. The guideline, entitled “Testosterone Therapy in Men with Hypogonadism: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline,” was published...
Together, the Endocrine Society, the American Diabetes Association (ADA), the American Association for Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), and the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) strongly disagree with the American College of Physicians’ (ACP’s) proposed new guidance that suggests higher blood glucose targets for people with type 2 diabetes. While there is agreement on individualization of...
All women who have unwanted dark, coarse hair growing on the face, chest, or back should undergo testing for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and other underlying health problems, Endocrine Society experts concluded in an updated Clinical Practice Guideline released yesterday. For the first time since 2008, the Society issued an update to its Clinical Practice...
The Endocrine Society praised Congress’ decision to include the Special Diabetes Program and increased funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the federal government that passed today. The CR included a provision to renew the Special Diabetes Program (SDP) for two years with $300 million in funding...
Over the past year, the Endocrine Society has advocated for the renewal of the Special Diabetes Program (SDP), which funds type 1 diabetes research and education and prevention programs for Alaska Natives and American Indians. Through our efforts working with the leadership of the Congressional Diabetes Caucus, the SDP was included in House legislation to...
Five new Officers and Council Members will join the leadership of the Endocrine Society, the world’s largest global membership organization of endocrinologists dedicated to accelerating scientific innovation and improving health worldwide. The Society is a global community of 18,000 clinicians and researchers energized by the promise of unravelling the mysteries of hormone disorders to care...
The Endocrine Society’s chief program officer Wanda Johnson won the PCMA Education Foundation’s Visionary Award honoring the Meeting Professional of the Year. A veteran Society employee with more than 20 years’ tenure, Johnson leads the Education, Science, and Professional Development department. Her team is responsible for organizing ENDO, the Society’s annual meeting and expo, as...
MIT Knight Science Journalism Program Director and Undark Magazine publisher Deborah Blum received the Endocrine Society’s annual Award for Excellence in Science and Medical Journalism. Blum was honored for her coverage of the health effects soy milk and formula have on infants. The winning article, “The Great Soy Formula Experiment,” was published in Undark Magazine...
