Endocrine-disrupting chemicals linked to altered hormone levels, ovarian development in mice. Prenatal exposure to chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, may threaten fertility in female mice, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s journal Endocrinology. The study was the first to find a link between chemical exposure and adverse reproductive and developmental...
National Public Radio (NPR) yesterday featured Endocrine Society Deanna Adkins, MD, highlighting her work with transgender teens in the gender clinic she started at Duke University’s Children’s Hospital in Durham, N.C. The radio program lets us listen in as Adkins treats a fifteen-year-old transgender boy named Drew, who came to North Carolina with his mom from Jacksonville, Fla....
My passion for medicine, specifically endocrinology, started very early in my life. My mother recently reminded me that when I was seven years old, I told her that I wanted to become a doctor, not just a simple doctor, but one who contributes in some fashion to the world. At the age of 13, I...
As the Endocrine Society celebrated 100 years at ENDO 2016, attendees were treated to a cascade of new research. From the ongoing controversy of what constitutes gestational diabetes to the ongoing research of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, endocrine science was the real star in Boston. On the afternoon of Sunday, April 3, the day before ENDO 2016...
Endocrine News spoke with four of this year’s Early Career Forum speakers to get a sneak peek of their presentations at ENDO 2016 in Boston. In this first installment, we talk with E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD, from the University of Iowa. Next month at ENDO 2016 in Boston, physicians and researchers just starting out...
I was born during my father’s pediatric endocrinology fellowship at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. However, as a child I had no idea about the field of endocrinology. My father’s textbooks in his study on disorders of metabolism and growth were very foreign to me. I didn’t get a true appreciation for endocrinology until my...
After 26 years at the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Society member Ronald Margolis, PhD, will retire from his role as senior advisor for molecular endocrinology in the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases and Co-lead, BD2K Data Discovery Index, effective September 25....
For more than 70 years, the Endocrine Society has recognized the achievements of endocrinologists worldwide. Valued at more than $66,000, the Laureate Awards recognize endocrinologists for seminal research, meritorious service, leadership and mentorship, innovation, international contributions, education, translation of science to practice, and lifetime achievement. The distinguished recipients on the following pages join a prestigious...
My passion for medicine, specifically endocrinology, started very early in my life. My mother recently reminded me that when I was seven years old, I told her that I wanted to become a doctor, not just a simple doctor, but one who contributes in some fashion to the world. At the age of 13, I...
As the Endocrine Society celebrated 100 years at ENDO 2016, attendees were treated to a cascade of new research. From the ongoing controversy of what constitutes gestational diabetes to the ongoing research of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, endocrine science was the real star in Boston. On the afternoon of Sunday, April 3, the day before ENDO 2016...
Endocrine News spoke with four of this year’s Early Career Forum speakers to get a sneak peek of their presentations at ENDO 2016 in Boston. In this first installment, we talk with E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD, from the University of Iowa. Next month at ENDO 2016 in Boston, physicians and researchers just starting out...
