New study shows girls with excess body fat developed fully mature breasts more slowly but started their period sooner. Puberty looks different, in terms of both reproductive hormones and breast maturation, in girls with excess total body fat, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Previous...
Tip of the Iceberg? Advances in Fertility Preservation and Restoration
At ENDO 2021, the first time the Endocrine Society’s annual conference will be presented virtually, attendees can tune into the live session “Ice Ice Baby: Fertility Preservation and Restoration” to learn about the scientific advances that are enabling young cancer survivors to have genetic children. Endocrine News talks to Mary B. Zelinski, PhD, and Ina...
Chinese People May be More Susceptible to Obesity-Related Health Risks
Chinese people are more likely to face high blood pressure and other health risks as a result of higher body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference than people from other racial and ethnic groups, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Over 2.1 billion adults are estimated to have...
Culture Clashes: How COVID-19 Heightened Awareness of Treating Vulnerable Populations
From a distrust of authorities to language and cultural barriers, the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare some uncomfortable facts about treating some of the most vulnerable populations. Caregivers and healthcare professionals need to be acutely aware of how to deal with these patients by overcoming several obstacles from language barriers to accepted cultural norms. Last...
Multi-Ethnic Study Finds Diabetes Complications Differ Across Minority Groups
Previous research on this topic has been limited to white populations Asian, Hispanic, and Black people with diabetes differ in their development of complications like kidney failure and heart disease depending on their disease profile, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Disparities in diabetes research, treatment,...
Addressing Health Disparities in Diabetes Requires a Broader Look at Systemic Racism
Poor social conditions caused by systemic racism contribute to health disparities in people with diabetes, according to a paper published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Minorities are disproportionately affected by diabetes because of poor social conditions that contribute to negative health outcomes such as poverty, unsafe housing, lack of access to healthy food and safe physical activity, and inadequate employment...
Digenic Variants in Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Signaling Linked to Severe Insulin Resistance
Variants in genes that mediate fibroblast growth factor 21 – a hormone secreted by the liver that acts to regulate the body’s response to starvation – have for the first time been linked to severe insulin resistance, according to a paper recently published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society. Researchers led by Stephen Stone,...
Primary Care: Pediatricians Urge Greater Access to Surgery for Severely Obese Youth
As childhood obesity becomes an “epidemic within an epidemic,” new guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics echoes Endocrine Society recommendations on bariatric surgery for severely obese young people. Aside from reducing their weight, these procedures could benefit young people well into adulthood. Improved access to bariatric surgery is “urgently needed” for the severely obese...
