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Wylie Vale Jr., Groundbreaking Endocrinologist, Dies at 70 - New York Times
15 Jan 2012 at 8:42pm
New York Times

Wylie Vale Jr., Groundbreaking Endocrinologist, Dies at 70
New York Times
Wylie W. Vale Jr., an eminent endocrinologist who helped identify the hormones through which the brain governs basic bodily functions and who was involved in a combative race for the Nobel Prize, died on Jan. 3 at his vacation home in Hana, Hawaii. ...
Vale helped link hormones to bodily functions in 1981Bend Bulletin

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Proposed system for transplant kidney allocation contains bias against most ....
19 Jan 2012 at 5:04am
Proposed system for transplant kidney allocation contains bias against most ...
Corpus Christi Caller Times
He has also been an endocrinologist for 24 years. He operates Lone Star Diabetes and Endocrinology and can be reached at lonestarendocrine@gmail.com twitter.com/dr_steve_ponder CORPUS CHRISTI — Dialysis and organ transplantation are the only available ...



Hopkins endocrinologist elected to Society for Pediatric Research - The JHU G...
17 Jan 2012 at 8:31am
The JHU Gazette

Hopkins endocrinologist elected to Society for Pediatric Research
The JHU Gazette
By Ekaterina Pesheva, Johns Hopkins Medicine Johns Hopkins Children's Center endocrinologist Scott Blackman has been inducted into the Society for Pediatric Research, one of the most coveted selections in academic pediatrics. Honored for his original ...



How lack of sleep affects the brain and may increase appetite, weight gain - ...
18 Jan 2012 at 3:16pm
Scope (blog)

How lack of sleep affects the brain and may increase appetite, weight gain
Scope (blog)
Now findings recently published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism offer additional insight into the link between sleep deprivation, cognitive function and weight gain. In the small study (subscription required), a European research ...
Lack of sleep makes your brain hungryHealthCanal.com
Brain Activity for Appetite increases with Sleep DeprivationBest Syndication

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Cal's Howard Bern, pioneer in endocrinology, dies - Berkeleyside
9 Jan 2012 at 12:31pm
Berkeleyside

Cal's Howard Bern, pioneer in endocrinology, dies
Berkeleyside
By Alan Bern Howard A. Bern, a professor emeritus of integrative biology and research at UC Berkeley, and an endocrinologist at the Cancer Research Laboratory, died Jan. 3 at his Berkeley home after a nine-month bout with cancer. He was 91. ...



Paying for diabetes: Disease, complications cost U.S. more than $170 billion ...
17 Jan 2012 at 1:01am
Southeast Missourian

Paying for diabetes: Disease, complications cost U.S. more than $170 billion
Southeast Missourian
"Diabetes affects every part of the body," says Dr. Darren Allcock, endocrinologist with Southeast Endocrinology. The disease leads to complications with the nervous system, vision, kidney function, the vascular system and blood pressure; ...



Debate Over Who Needs a Thyroid Check in Pregnancy - Fox News
3 Jan 2012 at 9:12am
Debate Over Who Needs a Thyroid Check in Pregnancy
Fox News
That's five-fold higher than some previous estimates, partly because the way in which the condition is diagnosed has changed recently, says the study published by the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. The vast majority of those women were ...

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Increasing awareness on thyroid - IBNLive.com
19 Jan 2012 at 1:27am
Increasing awareness on thyroid
IBNLive.com
Dr AG Unnikrishnan, Professor of Endocrinology at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, said there is a growing need to create awareness about the need for screening pregnant women for thyroid diseases and the medical community is committed ...



Test All Inpatients for High Blood Sugar, Group Says - MedPage Today
5 Jan 2012 at 5:00pm
Test All Inpatients for High Blood Sugar, Group Says
MedPage Today
... to diagnose new diabetes warrants this approach" of testing all admitted patients, wrote a task force chaired by Guillermo Umpierrez, MD, of Emory University in Atlanta, in the February issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. ...
Guideline: Test all patients for hyperglycemiaNurse.com

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Howard Bern, UC Berkeley professor of integrative biology, endocrinologist .....
10 Jan 2012 at 8:20pm
UC Berkeley

Howard Bern, UC Berkeley professor of integrative biology, endocrinologist ...
Inside Bay Area
By Doug Oakley Howard Bern, a retired professor of integrative biology and research at UC Berkeley and an endocrinologist at the school's Cancer Research Laboratory, died Jan. 3 at his Berkeley home after a nine-month bout with cancer. ...
Howard Bern, expert on effects of hormones, has died at 91UC Berkeley

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