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  • Menopause

    What is Menopause?Menopause is the point in a woman's life when menstruation stops permanently, signifying the end of her ability to have children. Known as the "change of life," menopause is the las

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  • Pituitary Disorders

    Pituitary infarctionPituitary Cushing’s (Cushing’s disease)Pituitary tumor Pituitary infarction DefinitionPituitary infarction is the death of an area of tissue in the pituitary gland, a sm

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  • Thyroid Disease

    Learn More About Our Patient Care Common Questions about Thyroid Disease What is the thyroid? The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland just below the Adam's apple. This gland plays

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  • Thyroid Cancer

    Learn More About Our Patient Care Common Questions about Thyroid Cancer How common is thyroid cancer? Thyroid cancer is newly diagnosed in about 60,000 people each year in recent years. Howe

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  • Nutrition

    Calcium All foods contain vitamins, minerals, and other important nutrients that help keep your body healthy. Calcium is especially important for bone health, it is also needed for heart, muscles,

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  • Osteoporosis/Bone Disease

    What is Osteoporosis? Osteoporosis is a debilitaring disease in which bones become fragile and are more likely to break. In most cases, it can be prevented and treated but if steps are not taken,

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  • Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Disease

    Bone Disease Clinic Our clinic offers evaluation and treatment of patients with metabolic bone diseases. We have special interest in the treatment of men and women with osteoporosis, including pos

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  • Diabetes Center

    The Georgetown Diabetes Center provides comprehensive diabetes care for patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, diabetes in pregnancy, and drug-induced diabetes. Care providers spend extensive time

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  • Thyroid Disorders and Thyroid Cancer

    Request an Appointment Thyroid Disorders Clinic Our clinics offer diagnosis and treatment of many thyroid disorders. These disorders include underactivity of the thyroid, overactivity of th

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  • Our Research

    Translational research provides the needed information for discovering new treatments and for testing treatments of the future. At the Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, we are focused in the

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