Advocacy

Endocrine Insider - September 22, 2010

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Society Seeks White House Support on Top Advocacy Issues
Society leadership met with Dr. Zeke Emanuel, Special Advisor for Health Policy to the White House, on September 15, 2010. Drs. Kelly Mayo, Society President; Robert Vigersky, Past President; Carole Mendelson, VP for Basic Science...

 
Society Partners with Pew to Hold Capitol Hill Briefing on EDCs
On September 20, The Endocrine Society and Pew Health Group co-hosted a congressional briefing to discuss the effects and impact of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) Titled “Endocrine Disruption: Modern Science Unveils How Chemicals Can Act as Hormones”...

 
Society and Foundation Web Sites See Record Traffic after Dr. Oz Unveils Adrenal Fatigue Fact Sheet
On September 15, 2010, the Society’s immediate past-president, Robert A. Vigersky, MD, appeared as a featured guest on the Emmy Award-winning Dr. Oz Show to unveil the Hormone Foundation’s fact sheet on Adrenal Fatigue...

 
Diabetes Action Alliance Requests HHS Funds for Prevention, Screening
The Society recently participated in a meeting between members of the Diabetes Action Alliance and officials from the US Health and Human Services Office of Health Reform. The meeting focused on the need to allocate additional prevention...