Hormones, produced by the endocrine glands, travel throughout your body to send chemical messages that affect everything from growth and development to reproduction and metabolism.

Conditions We Treat

We provide care for conditions related to both diabetes and endocrinology. Diabetes Diabetes is manageable, but it takes an expert team to provide individualized care to live well with this lifelong disease. While many live well with the help of diabetes management, the University of Minnesota is actively engaged in world-class investigation focused on the prevention and cure of diabetes and its complications. Endocrinology Endocrinology includes the evaluation of treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine glands (including pancreas, thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, parathyroid, hypothalamus, ovaries, testes). The endocrine glands affect functions across all organ systems of the body. Treating endocrine disease involves correcting hormonal imbalances. Endocrinologist also treat many benign and malignant tumors of the endocrine glands. Specific Conditions Our physicians provide care for many medical conditions including (but not limited to) the following:

• Acromegaly   • Cushing Syndrome   • Diabetes Insipidus   • Diabetes Mellitus Type 1   • Empty Sella Syndrome   • Fanconi Anemia   • Goiter   • Graves Disease   • Growth Hormone   Deficiency   • Gynecomastia   • Hirsutism   • Hypercalcemia   • Hyperlipidemia   • Hyperprolactinemia   • Hypocalcemia   • Hypogonadism   • Klinefelter Syndrome   • Obesity   • Osteogenesis   Imperfecta   • Osteoporosis   • Pancreatitis Chronic   • Pituitary Tumors   • Rickets   • Sexual Dysfunction   • Thyroid Nodule   • Thyroiditis   • Turner Syndrome   • Tumors