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Diabetes & Endocrinology
Endocrinologists are doctors who specialize in glands and the hormones they make. They deal with metabolism, or all the biochemical processes that make your body work, including how your body changes food into energy and how it grows.
Adrenals, glands that sit on top of your kidneys and help to control things like your blood pressure, metabolism, stress response, and sex hormones
Bone metabolism, like osteoporosis
Cholesterol
Hypothalamus, the part of your brain that controls body temperature, hunger, and thirst
Pancreas, which makes insulin and other substances for digestion
Parathyroids, small glands in your neck that control the calcium in your blood
Pituitary, a pea-sized gland at the base of your brain that keeps your hormones balanced
Reproductive glands (gonads): ovaries in women, testes in men
Thyroid, a butterfly-shaped gland in your neck that controls your metabolism, energy, and brain growth and development
There are three main types of diabetes – type 1, type 2 and gestational.
Type 1 diabetes can develop at any age, but occurs most frequently in children and adolescents.
Type 2 diabetes is more common in adults and accounts for around 90% of all diabetes cases.