Dr. Michael Lawrence Tuck MD
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
18433 Roscoe Blvd Suite 212 Northridge CA, 91325About
Dr. Michael Tuck practices Endocrinology in North Hills, CA. Dr. Tuck specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating diseases related to hormone imbalance, and the bodys glands in the endocrine system. Endocrinologists are trained and certified to treat a variety of conditions, including menopause, diabetes, infertility, and thyroid disorders, among many others. Dr. Tuck examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
University of Minnesota Medical School 1963
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Endocrinology and Metabolism
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Nutritional lifestyles for the aging: should they change?
- Obesity and hypertension.
- Weight gain-induced blood pressure elevation.
- Obesity-associated hypertension: hypothesized link between etiology and selection of therapy.
- Sympathetic activity and body mass index contribute to blood pressure levels.
- Insulin and insulin-like growth factor-I promotes angiotensinogen production and growth in vascular smooth muscle cells.
- The effects of weight loss and other nonpharmacologic interventions on blood pressure.
- Obesity, hypertension, and sympathetic nervous system activity.
- Studies examining risk reduction in subjects with multiple metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors.
- Insulin and the vasculature.
- Protection from vascular risk in diabetic hypertension.
- Inhibitors of arachidonic acid metabolism have variable effects on calcium signaling pathways.
- Weight reduction and pharmacologic treatment in obese hypertensives.
- Selective aspects of the insulin resistance syndrome.
- Long-term fructose feeding impairs vascular relaxation in rat mesenteric arteries.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Hypothyroidism
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