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ENDO 2018: In Children with Obesity, Impulsivity May Be Linked with Greater Weight Loss When Treated

Children with obesity may be more impulsive than those with normal weight, but during family-based behavioral treatment (FBT), the more impulsive of children with obesity may lose more weight, a new study suggests. The results of the study were presented in a poster on Sunday, March 18, at ENDO 2018, the 100th annual meeting of...

Endocrine Society Awards Inaugural Baxter Prize to Women’s Health Entrepreneur

French researcher André Ulmann honored for innovation in hormone science, medicine French physician and researcher André Ulmann, M.D., Ph.D., won the Endocrine Society’s first-ever John D. Baxter Prize for Entrepreneurship for his advances in women’s health and rare endocrine conditions, the Society announced today. Ulmann founded HRA Pharma and built the company into a leader...

Endocrine Society Releases Updated Testosterone Therapy Guideline

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...

Parental Diabetes Abrogates Ethnic Disparities in Glucoregulation, Study Finds

People whose parents have type 2 diabetes see no ethnic disparities in how they regulate glucose or whether they get type 2 diabetes themselves, according to a study recently published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. A study reported by Ebenezer Nyenwe, MD, FWACP, FACP, FACE as part of a research project directed...

Young Hearts Run Free

A new study shows that heavier adolescents may have an increased risk of succumbing to a cardiovascular event death in middle age. What can be done earlier in life to forestall these events and should researchers take another look at what constitutes an ideal body mass index for kids? February is American Heart Month and...

Common Birth Control Shot Linked to Risk of HIV Infection

Transitioning away from a popular contraceptive shot known as DMPA could help protect women in Sub-Saharan Africa and other high-risk regions from becoming infected with HIV, according to a research review published in Endocrine Reviews. The predominant contraceptive in Sub-Saharan Africa is depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA)—a birth control shot administered every three months. Human studies suggest...

Pediatric Health

A Team Approach

New Guidelines for Treating Turner Syndrome Endocrinologists are the logical choice to take greater leadership in the treatment of adult patients with Turner syndrome, but often these patients do not get the care they need, according to a lead author of the first comprehensive guideline on the disorder. One in 2,000 females worldwide is born...

Second Opinion

Should imaging be a routine procedure in diagnosing pediatric patients with congenital hypothyroidism? Two pediatric endocrinologists explain their opposing views on this topic to Endocrine News. In September of last year, during the 10th International Meeting of Pediatric Endocrinology in Washington, D.C., Johnny Deladoëy, MD, PhD, of the University of Montreal, and Stephen LaFranchi, MD,...

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