 Departments and Services > Endocrinology
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 To many, Michelle Devlin of Lynn is a typical expectant mother. She is receiving prenatal care, eating right and taking all the right steps to keep herself healthy so that she will have a healthy baby. However, part of her health regime is slightly atypical, because Michelle has diabetes and for the past two years she has been injecting insulin into her abdomen. But now that Michelle is pregnant, injecting insulin has become a problem. Read More
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Endocrinologists oversee diagnosis and care for hormone-related conditions and diseases. Hormones, and their regulation and secretion, are responsible for maintaining energy levels, reproduction, growth and development, responses to stress and injury, and the overall internal balance of body systems. Our expert physicians, diagnostic equipment, and state-of-the-art facilities deliver the utmost in treatment combined with personal and individualized care.
Your physician may recommend or prescribe a visit with an endocrinologist to help diagnose and treat various disorders such as:
- diabetes and hypoglycemia
- adrenal disorders including Cushing's syndrome and Conn's syndrome
- metabolic bone disease including osteoporosis
- thyroid diseases
- sex hormone disorders.
Most endocrine disorders are chronic diseases requiring life-long medical care, such as diabetes. We focus on understanding the patient at all levels - personal and biological - to provide the optimal therapy and disease management through the entire course of treatment and ongoing care.
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