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Shock to the System: Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes Patients and Trauma

A new study seems to suggest that while trauma and post-traumatic stress syndrome are common in kids with type 1 diabetes, they have little to no impact on their diabetes self-management. However surprising this finding may be to researchers, it further stresses the need for multidisciplinary teams to care for these patients. Children suffering traumatic...
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The Time Is Always Now: The Endocrine Society’s Call to Eliminate Racism in Endocrinology

march 2022 cover With the publication of “Eradicating Racism in Endocrinology: An Endocrine Society Policy Perspective” in the January issue of The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, the Endocrine Society formally calls for policies to address racial and ethnic inequities in the endocrine workforce and in access to care. James Baldwin began his 1956 essay “Faulkner and...
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Review Examines Relationship Between Gestational Diabetes and Offspring Fertility

A review recently published in Endocrinology offers some new insights on how maternal obesity-associated gestational diabetes (GDM) affects the reproductive health of offspring, discussing possible mechanisms, the latest perceptions, and highlighting areas that need further investigation. The review, by Niharika Sinha, PhD; Gretchen Lydia Walker; and Aritro Sen, PhD, all of Michigan State University in...
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Is the “Love Hormone” to Blame in Men with Sex Addiction?

Men with hypersexual disorder may have higher levels of oxytocin in their blood than men without the disorder, according to a small study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Hypersexual disorder involves excessive, persistent sexual behaviors related to various mood states, with an impulsivity component and experienced loss of control....
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COVID-19 Pandemic Associated with Disruptions to Women’s Reproductive Health

Women’s reproductive health has been disrupted as a result of the psychological burden of the COVID-19 pandemic, and affected women need additional medical and psychological support, according to research presented at the Society for Endocrinology annual conference in Edinburgh last November. The findings indicate that stress and sleep disturbance related to the pandemic have had...
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Abbott, ADA Launch Community Initiative to Advance Access to Diabetes Care and Technology

Last November, Abbott and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) announced the launch of their first joint community health partnership. The community initiative, which is the first program under the ADA’s Health Equity Now platform, will launch in Columbus, Ohio, and be conducted in partnership with the National Center for Urban Solutions (NCUS), a Columbus-based organization...