The Endocrine Society
The Endocrine Society was established in 1915 for the purpose of promoting research and discovery in hormone research and care of patients with endocrine diseases. The society has more than 14,000 professional scientists and physicians as members in the U.S. And internationally. The society publishes the journals Endocrinology and Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and Molecular Endocrinology.
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Postmenopausal women with higher testosterone levels
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Postmenopausal women who have higher testosterone levels may be at greater risk of heart disease, insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome compared to women with lower testosterone levels, according to a new study accepted ...
New scientific study indicates that eating quickly is associated with overeating
Nov 04, 2009 |
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According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), eating a meal quickly, as compared to slowly, curtails the release of hormones in the gu ...
Future diabetes treatment may use resveratrol to target the brain
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Resveratrol, a molecule found in red grapes, has been shown to improve diabetes when delivered orally to rodents. Until now, however, little has been known about how these beneficial changes are mediated in the body. A new ...
Ethnic background may be associated with diabetes risk
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Fat and muscle mass, as potentially determined by a person's ethnic background, may contribute to diabetes risk, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & ...
Weight-loss surgery can break a family's cycle of obesity
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Adolescent and young children of obese mothers who underwent weight-loss surgery prior to pregnancy have been found to have a lower prevalence of obesity and significantly improved cardio-metabolic markers when compared to ...
Exercise alone shown to improve insulin sensitivity in obese sedentary adolescents
Sep 01, 2009 |
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A moderate aerobic exercise program, without weight loss, can improve insulin sensitivity in both lean and obese sedentary adolescents, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of ...
Landmark survey highlights needs of unpaid caregivers of people with diabetes
Aug 18, 2009 |
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The Hormone Foundation, the public education affiliate of The Endocrine Society, in collaboration with the National Alliance for Caregiving, today released key findings from a first-of-its-kind survey aimed at better understanding ...
Insufficient sleep may be linked to increased diabetes risk
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Short sleep times, experienced by many individuals in Westernized societies, may contribute to the development of insulin resistance and reduced glucose tolerance, which in turn may increase the long-term risk of diabetes, ...
Obesity surgery thins bones, but enough to break?
Jun 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- It isn't just the thunder thighs that shrink after obesity surgery. Melting fat somehow thins bones, too. Doctors don't yet know how likely patients' bones are to thin enough to break in the years after surgery. ...
Testosterone Decreases after Ingestion of Sugar
Jun 14, 2009 |
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Men with low testosterone should have their hormone levels retested after they fast overnight because eating may transiently lower testosterone levels, a new study concludes.
Dual role in breast tissue for a protein involved in leukemia
Jun 12, 2009 |
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A protein known to play a role in growth of some types of leukemia appears to have a mixed function in breast cancer development, say researchers from the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical ...
Adults, especially women, have calorie-burning 'brown fat'
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Keeping your baby fat turns out to be a good thing, as long as it is "brown fat"—the kind that burns calories, according to a study that found adults have much more of this type of fat than previously thought.
Successful weight loss with dieting is linked to vitamin D levels
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Vitamin D levels in the body at the start of a low-calorie diet predict weight loss success, a new study found.
Widely used body fat measurements overestimate fatness in blacks
Jun 11, 2009 |
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The body mass index (BMI) and waistline measurement overestimate obesity in blacks, according to a new study. The results suggest that conventional methods for estimating body fat may need to become race-specific.
Nicotine induces prediabetes, likely contributes to high prevalence of heart disease in smokers
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Researchers have discovered a reason why smoking greatly increases the risk of heart disease and stroke. Nicotine promotes insulin resistance, also called prediabetes, which is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, according ...
