Dr. Robert W. Downs M.D.
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
1250 E Marshall St Internal Medicine Richmond VA, 23298About
Dr. Robert Downs practices Endocrinology in Richmond, VA. Dr. Downs 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. Downs examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Duke University School of Medicine 1974
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effect of raloxifene on the risk of new vertebral fracture in postmenopausal women with osteopenia or osteoporosis: a reanalysis of the Multiple Outcomes of Raloxifene Evaluation trial.
- Ten years' experience with alendronate for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.
- Official positions of the international society for clinical densitometry.
- Effects of gastric bypass procedures on bone mineral density, calcium, parathyroid hormone, and vitamin D.
- Precision assessment and radiation safety for dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry: position paper of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry.
- A pilot study: effects of decreasing serum insulin with diazoxide on vitamin D levels in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
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