Results of a study published in the November issue of Pediatrics suggest that girls with Turner syndrome (TS) have impaired growth hormone (GH) secretion and
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and alcohol use independently increase the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, and combined, they almost double the risk, according
טוענים: למרות שסוכרת היא מחלה תורשתית, מדובר בחולים שאין במשפחתם היסטוריה של המחלה; מחקרים בעכברים מראים כי מתח מעלה רמת הסוכר בדם; היום יצוין בישראל
This review discusses the role of basal insulin therapy in the treatment of patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in the light of
Information from the Ohio Department of Mental Health (ODMH) database was reviewed retrospectively to identify patients at the Cincinnati center treated with an atypical antipsychotic
Abstract Objective: Coronary artery disease (CAD), a major cause of mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), is often diagnosed late because of silent
BACKGROUND Patients with type-2 diabetes have a high prevalence of hypertension and show an elevated incidence of cardiovascular events and nephropathy. OBJECTIVES Recent randomized trials
OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects of oral and transdermal estrogen replacement on lipid and glucose metabolism in postmenopausal women with diabetes mellitus type 2. DESIGN
Obesity is associated with sexual maturation in both boys and girls, but there is a difference by gender. United States researcher Dr. Y. Wang of
NICE has been told by its appeal panel to reconsider its draft decision rejecting the use of growth hormone in adults. The move comes after
Orlistat lowers blood pressure and reduces cardiovascular risk in obese people with inadequately controlled hypertension more effectively than does diet alone. This is the result
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The relationship between size at birth and cortisol concentrations in adult life differs according to gestational age. Both hypercortisolism and hypocortisolism might arise as a
Both endocrinologic and morphologic beneficial effects from laparoscopic ovarian drilling appear to be sustained for up to nine years among most women patients with polycystic
The relationship between size at birth and cortisol concentrations in adult life differs according to gestational age. Both hypercortisolism and hypocortisolism might arise as a
In type 2 diabetics with microalbuminuria, irbesartan reduces albumin excretion independent of its antihypertensive effect, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial reported
A cholesterol lowering diet programme was “culturally sensitive” and “highly acceptable” to patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and appears to be effective in changing their
A high daily intake of coffee appears to be associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes, suggest Dutch researchers. People who drank seven
Treatment options for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are limited: gastric reduction surgery for the morbidly obese and weight loss for those who can achieve it. A
Serum leptin levels and number of CD4+ T lymphocytes appear to be related in HIV-positive children undergoing highly active antiretroviral therapy. Leptin is an adipocyte-derived