Specialty Endocrinology
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COVID-19 & Diabetes Risks and Complications: A Q&A with Janaki Vakharia, MD
Janaki Vakharia, MD, clinical fellow in the Endocrinology Division at Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses the connection between COVID-19 and people with diabetes.
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Taking a Multidisciplinary Approach to Menopause
In this video, Jan Shifren, MD, director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Midlife Women's Health Center, discusses the multidisciplinary approach to caring for women at midlife, and promoting research and education to improve women's health at this complex stage of life.
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Diagnostic Considers Antimüllerian Hormone, BMI to Predict Oligoanovulation Disorders
Irene Souter, MD, of the Fertility Center, and colleagues have created an age-adjusted model that combines serum antimüllerian hormone levels and body mass index to predict polycystic ovary syndrome and other oligoanovulation diagnoses in infertile women.
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Habitual Daytime Napping by Adults Has Cardiometabolic Consequences
Researchers at Mass General Brigham have identified potentially causal effects of habitual daytime napping on higher diastolic blood pressure, higher systolic blood pressure and greater waist circumference in adults.
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Ivacaftor Improves Skeletal Outcomes in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
In the first prospective study of its kind, a team led by Massachusetts General Hopsital found evidence that ivacaftor improves bone density and microarchitecture in children and adults with cystic fibrosis who have the G551D-CFTR mutation.
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Selpercatinib Shows Marked Antitumor Activity in RET-Altered Thyroid Cancer
Lori J. Wirth, MD, of the Center for Head and Neck Cancers, and colleagues observed marked antitumor activity with selpercatinib in patients with RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer, as well as promising activity in a small cohort with RET fusion–positive thyroid cancers. RET mutations, which are associated with...
Endocrinology Contributors
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Camille E. Powe, MD
Endocrinologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Co-Director, Diabetes in Pregnancy Program
Recent Article
Carbohydrate Intake Before Oral Glucose Tolerance Test May Prevent Accurate Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes
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Elizabeth A. Lawson, MD
Clinician, Neuroendocrine Clinical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Faculty, Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Restrictive Eating Disorders May Disrupt White Matter Development -
Janaki D. Vakharia, MD
Fellow in Adult and Pediatric Endocrinology
Recent Article
COVID-19 & Diabetes Risks and Complications: A Q&A with Janaki Vakharia, MD -
Joel S. Finkelstein, MD
Endocrinologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Director, Bone Density Center, Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Ivacaftor Improves Skeletal Outcomes in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis -
Liya Kerem, MD, MSc
Pediatric Endocrinology Fellow, MassGeneral Hospital for Children
Recent Article
Single Oxytocin Dose Weakens Neural Connections That Drive the Desire for Food -
Melissa S. Putman, MD
Endocrinologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Ivacaftor Improves Skeletal Outcomes in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
Endocrinology Division
The Endocrinology Division at Massachusetts General Hospital offers a comprehensive integrated program of clinical services for both primary and tertiary care of adults with endocrine disorders.
