Posts by Lindsay T. Fourman, MD
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In Utero Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 May Increase the Risk of Cardiometabolic Disease
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers found that infants who have in utero exposure to maternal SARS-CoV-2 exhibit lower birth weight followed by accelerated weight gain in the first year of life, a pattern thought to increase the risk of obesity and cardiometabolic disease in childhood and adulthood.
Biography
Lindsay T. Fourman, MD, is an endocrinologist in the Metabolism Unit and associate director of Lipid and Metabolism Associates in the Endocrinology Division at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Fourman is an assistant professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.