Specialty Endocrinology
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Featured
Preventing Heart Disease After HIV Infection
Research at Massachusetts General Hospital has led to several landmark studies, including the REPRIEVE trial, aimed at understanding and preventing HIV-related heart disease.
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Featured
Diet High in Plant Foods Linked to Lower Risk, Severity of COVID-19
Jordi Merino, PhD, Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH, and colleagues found that among 592,571 adults in the U.S. and U.K., a diet high in healthy plant foods was associated with lower risk and severity of COVID-19, even after accounting for health status, health behaviors, socioeconomic status and virus transmission measures.
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Diet Quality Is Suboptimal or Poor in Large Proportion of Global Population With HIV
Kathleen V. Fitch, MSN, a principal associate in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Steven K. Grinspoon, MD, chief of the Metabolism Unit, and colleagues conducted the first analysis of diet in a global cohort of people with HIV infection and found diet quality was poor or suboptimal in 42% of individuals.
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Exercise May Improve Bone Health in Youth With Type 1 Diabetes
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers conducted a study analyzing bone health in young individuals with and without type 1 diabetes. They found that individuals with diabetes who exercised less had worse markers of bone health compared to those without diabetes.
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Cardiometabolic Protein Biomarkers Help With Risk Stratification of COVID-19 Patients
Philip H. Schroeder, Josep M. Mercader, PhD, Aaron Leong, MD, MSc, and colleagues identified a set of protein biomarkers that provides insight into how cardiometabolic disease contributes to COVID-19 pathology—and helps predict which patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are at highest risk of severe illness.
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Innovative Procedure for Peripheral Artery Disease: Q&A With Dr. Anahita Dua, MBChB, MBA, MSc
Diabetes can cause peripheral artery disease, where blood flow to the legs and feet is reduced. These patients typically have amputations. Mass General researchers, including Anahita Dua, MBChB, MBA, MSc, are using a new, cutting-edge procedure to direct oxygenated blood to the foot, reducing the need for amputation.
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 -
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 -
Jose C. Florez, MD, PhD
Chief, Diabetes Unit, Endocrine Division, John T. Potts Jr., MD Endowed Chair in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Newly Identified Genetic Variant Has Substantial Effect on Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
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Melissa S. Putman, MD
Endocrinologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Continuous Glucose Monitoring Shows Promise for Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis–Related Diabetes -
Steven Kyle Grinspoon, MD
Chief, Metabolism Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director, Nutrition Obesity Research Center, Harvard
Recent Article
Diet Quality Is Suboptimal or Poor in Large Proportion of Global Population With HIV
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.