Skand Shekhar (@skandshekharmd) 's Twitter Profile
Skand Shekhar

@skandshekharmd

@NIH Endocrinology Faculty| Physician Scientist| Metabolism & Reproduction Interplay| Histiocytosis|Via UCMS 🇮🇳 SPUH @rwjms @nih 🇺🇸| Views my own.

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Ranganath Muniyappa (@dr_muniyappa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Weight gain in South Asian men, observed in an overfeeding study, exhibits: a) anabolic resistance, b) limited metabolic buffering, c) hyperinsulinemia (fasting and post-prandial), d) a relative inability to recruit small, immature adipocytes. Wonderful study!

PCOS Challenge (@pcoschallenge) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today is #WorldPCOSDay! Many women remain undiagnosed and unaware of #PCOS. Let's change that. Educate yourself, spread the word, and support those affected. Knowledge is power! bit.ly/WHO-PCOS pcosawarenessmonth.org #PCOSAwarenessMonth

Today is #WorldPCOSDay! 

Many women remain undiagnosed and unaware of #PCOS. Let's change that. 

Educate yourself, spread the word, and support those affected. Knowledge is power!

bit.ly/WHO-PCOS
pcosawarenessmonth.org

#PCOSAwarenessMonth
Skand Shekhar (@skandshekharmd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

‘Testosterone modulates a cross-regulated axis between type-I interferon and tumour necrosis factor…’ Study results from trans-men.

ushasriram (@drushasriram) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Liver, Bone, Breast, brain .. urgent need to include with eyes, kidneys, heart and feet as targets for diabetes complications Alka Kanaya M Shafi Kuchay J S Kumar MD FRCP (Edin) Skand Shekhar Dr Nitin Kapoor New Guidelines Emphasize Liver Care in T2D, Obesity medscape.com/viewarticle/ne…

Scott Isaacs (@scottisaacsmd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Adipose tissue dysfunction in #PCOS. Androgens promote lipid accumulation in adipocytes, resulting in adipocyte hypertrophy and insulin resistance. nature.com/articles/s4157…

Adipose tissue dysfunction in #PCOS. Androgens promote lipid accumulation in adipocytes, resulting in adipocyte hypertrophy and insulin resistance.
nature.com/articles/s4157…
Skand Shekhar (@skandshekharmd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hypogonadism in men with #Cushing was widely prevalent but reversible in ~75% 1 year after surgery, mediated by ⬇️hypothalamic GnRH secretion & modulated by thyroid hormones. Our study longitudinally examined CS men enrolled at NIH over 36 years academic.oup.com/jcem/advance-a… 2/n

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There seems to be a debate on Twitter about the value of high skilled immigration in the US So here's a bit of data in case that's useful If you're hospitalized and your physician graduated from a foreign medical school? You are LESS likely to die than if your physician

Eric Topol (@erictopol) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our new essay The Lancet on certifying generalist medical #AI systems, from a template of the training process in medicine thelancet.com/journals/lance… Pranav Rajpurkar

Our new essay <a href="/TheLancet/">The Lancet</a> on certifying generalist medical #AI systems, from a template of the training process in medicine
thelancet.com/journals/lance… <a href="/pranavrajpurkar/">Pranav Rajpurkar</a>
Ranganath Muniyappa (@dr_muniyappa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

South Asians face a 4.5x higher risk of Type 2 Diabetes vs. Chinese ( 3x vs. Europeans). Methylation Risk Score (MRS)—epigenetic factors (DNA methylation) explain 51% of this disparity! PRS (genetics) barely contributes (13%). 👇

Sonal Vaid (@dr_sv_md) 's Twitter Profile Photo

AVP-D in Erdheim–Chester Disease is associated w/BRAF V600E pathogenic variants🧬& Abnormal Pituitary Imaging🧠Sharing Our study Comprehensive hormonal molecular & radiological assessment ⁦⁦ECD Global Alliance⁩ ⁦⁦Skand Shekhar⁩ ⁦Juvianee I. Estrada-Veras⁩ pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11…