What Is the Role of “Growth Hormone” When You Have Stopped Growing? Growth hormone clearly plays a key role in development during youth, but research in adults implicates it as an agent in cellular aging processes. Shlomo Melmed, MD, ChB, the first recipient of the Transatlantic Alliance Award, co-sponsored by the Endocrine Society and the...
Endocrine Society Applauds Historic Law Adopting Medicare Insulin Price Cap
Society to continue pressing for insulin affordability measures for people with private insurance. The Endocrine Society is elated about President Joe Biden signing into law the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes meaningful measures to make insulin more affordable. The legislation has been a long-term goal of the Society and is a monumental moment in the...
Researchers Roundtable: Talking to the 2022 Early Investigator Award Winners
Every year the Endocrine Society recognizes endocrinologists who are in the early stages of their research careers with the Early Investigator Awards. Endocrine News spoke to the five researchers from around the world to find out more about their award-winning research, the award’s potential impact, as well as the biggest challenges facing them today. While...New Data Show Strong Performance of Thyroid Cancer Test in Real-World Clinical Practice
Meta-analysis presented at ENDO 2022 provides real-world evidence that a test can accurately rule out thyroid cancer in patients with indeterminate thyroid nodules and that, when the test deems a nodule as suspicious, the patient’s risk of malignancy is consistent, and higher than that reported in the test’s original clinical validation (CV) study. Veracyte is...
At only six years old, Karel Pacak, MD, PhD, DSc, decided that he needed to help “those who suffer the most — cancer patients.” Endocrine News talks to Pacak about his research, the renowned pheochromocytoma symposium he launched, and his thoughts on the next generation of physician-scientists. Fueled at a very young age by the...Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency Increases Medical Costs, Risk of Additional Health Conditions
Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) among adults is associated with greater medical costs and an increased rate of other health conditions compared with those without GHD, according to industry-sponsored research presented at ENDO 2022 in Atlanta. Researchers led by Alden Smith, PharmD, Global Head of Health Economics and Outcomes Research at Ascendis Pharma in Palo Alto,...
Endocrine Society Celebrates Passage of Historic Insulin Affordability Measure
Society urges House of Representatives to pass and send to President Biden without delay. The Endocrine Society cheered the Senate’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, including meaningful measures to make insulin more affordable. The Society urges the House of Representatives to pass this bill and send it to President Biden without delay. The bill’s...
Weightlifting Vegans May Have Stronger Bones than Others on Plant-Based Diets
People on a plant-based diet who do strength training as opposed to other forms of exercise such as biking or swimming may have stronger bones than other people on a vegan diet, according to new research published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. About 6% of people in the U.S. are...
