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  2. Lorena Alarcon-Casas Wright - Wikipedia

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    Lorena Alarcon-Casas Wright (MD, FACE [1]) is a physician (endocrinologist) [2] and an Associate Professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine [3] who serves as the Clinical Director of the LatinX Diabetes Clinic at UW Medicine's Diabetes Institute.

  3. Endocrinology - Wikipedia

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    Endocrinology (from endocrine + -ology) is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones.It is also concerned with the integration of developmental events proliferation, growth, and differentiation, and the psychological or behavioral activities of metabolism, growth and development, tissue function, sleep ...

  4. Joslin Diabetes Center - Wikipedia

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    Adult Clinic Care Joslin has a reputation for pioneering care and support of pediatric patients with diabetes and their families. The pediatric staff includes board-certified endocrinologists , pediatric diabetes nurse educators, pediatric nutritionists, child psychologists, a social worker, and a child life specialist.

  5. Patient portal - Wikipedia

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    Some patient portal applications enable patients to register and complete forms online, which can streamline visits to clinics and hospitals. Many portal applications also enable patients to request prescription refills online, order eyeglasses and contact lenses , access medical records , pay bills, review lab results, and schedule medical ...

  6. Endocrine disease - Wikipedia

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    Endocrine disorders are often quite complex, involving a mixed picture of hyposecretion and hypersecretion because of the feedback mechanisms involved in the endocrine system. For example, most forms of hyperthyroidism are associated with an excess of thyroid hormone and a low level of thyroid stimulating hormone .

  7. Endocrine surgery - Wikipedia

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    Endocrine surgery is a surgical sub-speciality focusing on surgery of the endocrine glands, including the thyroid gland, the parathyroid glands, the adrenal glands, glands of the endocrine pancreas, and some neuroendocrine glands.

  8. Pediatric endocrinology - Wikipedia

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    By age, pediatric endocrinologists, depending upon the age range of the patients they treat, care for patients from infancy to late adolescence and young adulthood. [citation needed] The most common disease of the specialty is type 1 diabetes, which usually accounts for at least 50% of a typical clinical practice.

  9. Endocrine oncology - Wikipedia

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    Endocrine oncology refers to a medical speciality dealing with hormone-producing tumors, i.e. a combination of endocrinology and oncology. Few centres are specializing in hormone producing tumors only, due to the relatively low incidence. Most centres have gastroenterologists, oncologist or endocrinologists who deal with other diseases as well.