DOM Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism News

Getting enough of the omega 3 fatty acids DHA and EPA into the brain to study their effects on conditions such as Alzheimer’s and depression — which they have been shown to help — is no easy task. While supplements containing these fatty acids exist, there is scant evidence showing that these supplements actually increase [...]

Fellow Sara Matani published the below articles during her fellowship: Matani, S. & Mihailescu, D. A Rare but Threatening Reaction - Respiratory distress after RAI. Oral Presentation at AACE Illinois Chapter Meeting – Loyola University – October 2018. Matani, S. & Barengolts, E. Cinacalcet as an Adjuvant Treatment and Prevention of Hypercalcemia in FGF-23 Tumors Two Case Reports of [...]

An article titled “Adult-onset hepatocyte GH resistance promotes NASH in male mice, without severe systemic metabolic dysfunction” has been recently co-published by one of our doctors. https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2018-00669   The manuscript is co-authored by: Jose Cordoba-Chacon, Andre Sarmento-Cabral, Mercedes del Rio-Moreno, Alberto Diaz-Ruiz, Papasani V Subbaiah, Rhonda D Kineman;   Dr. Kineman serves as the corresponding [...]

"The University of Illinois at Chicago is a new member of the Chicago Diabetes Training and Research Center. The membership comes with a five-year, $600,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health, which will support researchers at UIC investigating diabetes and other endocrine-related diseases and help purchase specialized research equipment and materials. The [...]