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Testosterone-blocking drugs boost heart disease risk when given in combination
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Parenting isn't easy: Two important skills can help
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Does sleeping with an eye mask improve learning and alertness?
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Do tattoos cause lymphoma?
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Hot weather hikes: Staying safe when temperatures spike
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Cannabis drinks: How do they compare to alcohol?
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What is Lewy body dementia?
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Dog bites: How to prevent or treat them
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Ever read your medical record? Here's why you should
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Shining light on night blindness
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Loren Rabinowitz, MD
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Dr. Loren Rabinowitz is an instructor in medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, and an attending physician in the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at BIDMC. Her clinical research is focused on the intersection of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and women’s health. She is passionate about achieving gender equity in medicine and gastroenterology, and has led multicenter national studies on gender dynamics in medical education, mentorship, and parental leave policies. Her work has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet GI & Hepatology, Academic Medicine, American Journal of Gastroenterology, Gastroenterology, and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, among others.
Posts by Loren Rabinowitz, MD
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Diseases & Conditions
IBD and LGBTQ+: How it can affect sexual health
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Diseases & Conditions
Weighing the new approaches to treating Crohn's and ulcerative colitis
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Diseases & Conditions
Inflammatory bowel disease: Issues outside the gut
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Diseases & Conditions
Proton-pump inhibitors: Should I still be taking this medication?
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Diseases & Conditions
Inflammatory bowel disease and family planning: What you need to know
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Staying Healthy
Colon cancer screening decisions: What's the best option and when?
Recent Blog Articles
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Testosterone-blocking drugs boost heart disease risk when given in combination
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Parenting isn't easy: Two important skills can help
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Does sleeping with an eye mask improve learning and alertness?
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Do tattoos cause lymphoma?
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Hot weather hikes: Staying safe when temperatures spike
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Cannabis drinks: How do they compare to alcohol?
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What is Lewy body dementia?
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Dog bites: How to prevent or treat them
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Ever read your medical record? Here's why you should
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Shining light on night blindness