Reproductive endocrinologists play key role in fertility treatment The Endocrine Society endorses the Right to IVF Act, which was introduced by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Patty Murray (D-WA) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) to protect and expand nationwide access to fertility treatment, including in vitro fertilization (IVF), and urges the Senate to pass the Right to...
On June 3, during ENDO 2024 in Boston, “Vitamin D for the Prevention of Disease: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline” was officially released. While this new guideline suggests supplements might benefit specific populations and questions the need for testing, it also suggests that more research is needed to determine optimal levels for specific health...
Guideline recommends vitamin D higher than the recommended daily allowance for children, pregnant people, adults over 75 and adults with prediabetes Healthy adults under the age of 75 are unlikely to benefit from taking more than the daily intake of vitamin D recommended by the Institutes of Medicine (IOM) and do not require testing for...
Winners Announced for the Endocrine Society’s 2024 Endocrine Images Art Competition
The Endocrine Society is delighted to announce that Lily Ng, PhD, and Douglas Forrest, PhD, have won the Society’s 2024 Endocrine Images Art Competition for their image of the astrocyte cell that expresses type 2 deiodinase. Now in its third year, the Art Competition celebrates the beauty of endocrine science as seen through the lens...
Endocrine Society, ESE Publish Joint Guideline on Glucocorticoid-Induced Adrenal Insufficiency
To kick off a new guideline-writing partnership between the Endocrine Society and the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE), a new guideline on glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency has just been released. The joint guideline, which was published in the Societies’ respective journals, is designed to help clinicians manage patients who have, or are at risk of developing,...
The Endocrine Society has appointed Zane B. Andrews, PhD, of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, as editor-in-chief of its flagship basic science journal, Endocrinology. Andrews has been deputy editor of the journal since 2020 and will be taking on this role as previous editor-in-chief Carol Lange, PhD, of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minn.,...Endocrine Society Formalizes Partnership with the Korean Endocrine Society
On April 13, the Endocrine Society and the Korean Endocrine Society (KES) officially entered into a memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during the 12th Seoul International Congress of Endocrinology and Metabolism (SICEM) in conjunction with the 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the KES, which took place in Seoul, South Korea, April 11 – 13, 2024. This...
The Endocrine Society selected Ana Canton, MD, PhD, as the recipient of the 2024 C. Wayne Bardin, MD, International Travel Award for her outstanding ENDO abstract and her research contributions to the care of patients with pediatric endocrine disorders. The C. Wayne Bardin, MD, International Travel Award was created in honor of Past President Wayne...
