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Leading pediatric endocrinologist and recipient of the Endocrine Society’s 2025 Outstanding Leadership in Endocrinology Laureate Award, Ilene Fennoy, MD, talks with Endocrine News about the potential of GLP-1s and long-term solutions for childhood obesity. She says a good place to start is creating more programs in schools to help kids eat better and incorporate more...
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Researchers have provided vital insights into social determinants such as government support, stable housing, and employment opportunities on postpartum health among Louisiana mothers during stressful periods including COVID-19, hurricanes, and the infant formula shortage. The study, “The role of government assistance, housing, and employment on postpartum maternal health across income and race: a mixed methods...
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Elizabeth Pearce, MD, MSc, discusses her ENDO 2024 presentation, which found that exposure to some endocrine-disrupting chemicals that harm the thyroid gland has increased over the past 20 years among U.S. women of childbearing age and pregnant women, especially among those with lower social and economic status. Elizabeth Pearce, MD, MSc, of the Boston University...
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Early life exposure to a class of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) called polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) may lead to behavioral problems in rats, according to a new animal study published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are chemicals that mimic, block or interfere with hormones in the body’s endocrine system and contribute to endocrine...
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Higher levels of HDL-C—known as the “good cholesterol”—have been shown to correlate with heightened risk for Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study recently published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Once women reach the menopause transition, it’s a matter of the quality, rather than quantity, of the total cholesterol carried by HDL particles circulating in a...
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As the incidence of polycystic ovary syndrome grows, so does an increased awareness. Statistics show that nearly 10% of women have polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), making it one of the leading causes of infertility, and new research indicates that it seems to be on the rise. Three recent studies from The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology...
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When a presentation at ENDO 2024 highlighted a male contraceptive gel that suppresses sperm production faster than other hormone-focused methods of male birth control, the Boston Convention Center was abuzz. Containing segesterone acetate and testosterone and applied to both shoulders, this groundbreaking new birth control could prove revolutionary. When the results from an ongoing multicenter...
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Injectable and gel versions of testosterone replacement therapy have long been considered cumbersome by both patients and providers, for a litany of reasons from being difficult to administer to an overwhelming insurance burden. However, research from ENDO 2024 revealed that a new oral therapy could potentially eliminate these barriers and be a safer option. By...
