Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Considering the protective effects nitrate has against diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, we aimed to determine effects of dietary nitrate on metabolic status and myocardial ischemia–reperfusion (IR) injury in type 2 diabetic rats.Methods: Rats were divided into four groups (n=7): control, control+nitrate, diabetes, and diabetes+nitrate. Diabetes was induced by nicotinamide+streptozotocin, and nitrate added to drinking wate...

Goal: To study Prevalence of Preterm menopause and its relation to obesity; to study relation of DM and the age of the first menorrhoea among women over 40 years old.Materials and methods: The study was performed on 640 menopause women (with no menorrhoea during the past 12 months) who participated in ‘sugar and lipid’ study of Tehran during 2006 to 2008. With no history of hysterectomy. Preterm menopause was defined as menopause before 48 year...

Fibromyalgia is a disorder characterised by fatigue, generalised body pain and cognitive symptoms, and the aetiology has not been clearly described. Because similar symptoms are frequently found in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and there is not an optimal response to the treatment of hypothyroidism, the aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of fibromyalgia in patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, to explain the symptoms and to select the appropriate treatment. ...