Merri Pendergrass, MD, PhD

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

3950 South Country Club Road, Tucson, AZ 85714, USA

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Dr. Merri Pendergrass is a board certified Endocrinologist and Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.

Education

  • MD: University of Texas Southwestern

  • PhD: University of Texas at Austin

  • Residency: University of Texas Health Sciences

  • Fellowship: University of Texas Health Sciences

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

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Diabetes – Curing Diabetes

Unfortunately, we don’t have a cure for type 1 diabetes. We’re still looking hard but at this point, we don’t have a cure. On the other hand, with type 2 diabetes we do have a...

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Diabetes – Ending Diabetes Medication

A lot of people with type 2 diabetes wonder if they can ever come off of the medications. Once they’ve started on medications, can they ever stop? The good news is that for many patients,...

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Diabetes – Common Misconceptions

A pretty common myth is that diabetes occurs when someone eats too much sugar. Eating too much sugar isn’t good for anybody because sugar is one of those things with “empty calories.” Eating sugar can...

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Diabetes – Reducing Complications

We know a lot about what causes complications associated with type two diabetes and type one diabetes and fortunately, we have good strategies to reduce a lot of those complications. Importantly, you need to control...

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Diabetes – Long Term Complications

Diabetes associated with a lot of other medical problems. And so the reason we treat diabetes is to prevent these other problems. So high blood sugar is associated with eye, kidney, and nerve disease. Diabetes...

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Diabetes – Associated Conditions

Classic type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune problems, so people with type 1 diabetes very frequently have other autoimmune problems such as thyroid problems, early ovarian failure, and sometimes certain kinds of anemia or hepatitis....

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Diabetes – Genetics

Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes run in families – there is definitely a genetic component to both of them. This is particularly strong in type 2 diabetes because people with type 2 diabetes...

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Diabetes – Blood Sugar Changes In Women

Sometimes people wonder if menstrual periods or menopause can affect their blood sugar control. The answer to that is – well, sure, maybe. The fact is that so many things can affect blood sugar control:...

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Diabetes – Blood Sugar Goals

People’s blood sugar goals vary a lot. For some people, we like blood sugars to be as close to normal as possible. But other people – especially people who are older, have other medical problems,...

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Diabetes – Management

There are a lot of different ways that people end up having diabetes and there are a lot of right ways to manage diabetes. When you see your doctor, there isn’t just one treatment –...

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