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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Treating Metabolic Disease in HIV Infection
Massachusetts General Hospital investigators have developed an effective drug, tesamorelin, to treat HIV lipodystrophy and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
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Numerous Genetic Variants Are Linked with Differences in Food Intake
Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Genomic Medicine have provided insights into biological mechanisms that influence dietary intake, highlighting the relevance of brain-expressed genes and brain cell types.
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Novel Strategy Identified for Treating Osteoporosis
Cheng-Chia Tang, PhD, and Marc N. Wein, MD, PhD, of the Endocrine Unit, and colleagues demonstrated in a preclinical osteoporosis model that an oral drug, YKL-05–099, boosts bone formation and trabecular bone mass—and unlike current anabolic osteoporosis therapies, inhibits bone resorption.
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Hair Products Commonly Used By Black Women Linked to Hormone Disruption
Tamarra James-Todd, MD, MPH, Shruthi Mahalingaiah, MD, MS, and colleagues found that six leave-in hair products commonly used by Black women disrupt the normal activity of estrogen, progesterone, androgen and glucocorticoid receptors.
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.
