Children who are sedentary for more than six waking hours a day have a significantly increased risk of severe fatty liver disease and liver cirrhosis by young adulthood, according to a study presented at ENDO 2024 and published in Nature’s npj Gut and Liver. “We found that this relationship between sedentariness and liver damage is likely...
It appears that this year, Endocrine News is having a number of firsts in terms themed issues: in January we devoted an issue to thyroid cancer and last month was the first time we devoted an issue to our Asian American members to commemorate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This month we mark...
On June 17, the Endocrine Society joined delegations from dozens of countries gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, for the third session of an ad hoc open-ended working group (OEWG) convened under the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to develop proposals to establish a new science policy panel charged with helping to inform governments, companies, farmers and...
An Endocrine News roundup of the week’s pharmaceutical news, breakthroughs, and general information. * Metabolon Receives NIH Grant to Develop Advanced Monitoring and Predictive Tools for Type 1 Diabetes Progression Morrisville, N.C.- based Metabolon, Inc., has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop an innovative product aimed at better monitoring...
In June, Endocrine Society members Salwa Zahalka, MD; Palak Choksi, MD; Mandy Bell, MD; and Dan Spratt, MD; who serve as the Society’s delegation to the American Medical Association’s (AMA) House of Delegates, attended the AMA meeting in Chicago to advocate for policies important to our members. The AMA House of Delegates meets twice a...
Pharmacologist V. Craig Jordan, OBE, DSc, PhD, a 2018 recipient of the Endocrine Society’s Gerald D. Aurbach Award for Outstanding Translational Research, passed away at the age of 76. Jordan, a professor of Breast and Medical Oncology and Molecular and Cellular Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discovered selective estrogen receptor modulators...
A conversation with Bruno Ferraz-de-Souza, MD, PhD, and Stephen M. Rosenthal, MD As part of Endocrine News LGBTQ+ Pride Month coverage, we caught up with Bruno Ferraz-de-Souza, MD, PhD, and Stephen M. Rosenthal, MD, who had a lot to say about being openly gay in the world of endocrinology, both in the U.S. and abroad,...
When Zane Andrews, PhD, published his very first scientific paper while working on his PhD in 2001, it was in the pages of the Endocrine Society’s Endocrinology. This month, he assumes his newest role as Endocrinology’s editor-in-chief. This month, Zane Andrews, PhD, of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, will begin his tenure as editor-in-chief of...