Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: High prevalence of obesity and overweight among middle aged adults is a major health problem. It is related to high prevalence of many chronic degenerative diseases in this high risk group. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of obesity and overweight among young and middle aged Iranian adults.Methods: This study was based on anthropometric data collected in the national household food consumption and nutritional status sur...

Introduction: As antipsychotic drugs specifically block the D2 receptors, they induce a certain level of prolactin increase, dependent on the time it takes to dissociate from receptors. A recent review (Besnard et al, 2013) mentions that 18% of men and 47% of women treated with antipsychotics for severe mental illness had an increased prolactin level. Even if the long term effects of hyperprolactinemia can be severe, including low bone density, amenorrhea, breast and ...

Introduction: Although for the last 2 decades we have witnessed a rise in the use of second generation antipsychotic treatment in children and adolescents suffering from psychiatric disorders we do not have enough studies in specialty literature to estimate the risks associated with this medication. Recent data and also our clinical experience shows that second generation antipsychotic drugs administration correlates with considerable weight gain and also with altering of gluc...

Introduction: Vitiligo is an acquired depigmenting disorder due to destruction of melanocytes. Most authorities believe that the most important pathogenetic mechanism of the disease is autoimmunity. Other autoimmune disorders such as thyroid autoimmune diseases occur commonly in association with vitiligo. This study was designed to determine the role of thyroid ultrasonography as a noninvasive and cost effective diagnostic method for early detection of thyroid disorders in pat...

The human homeostasis is determined by psycho-neuro-endocrine-immuno processes. This biological balance-system depends on their communication of direct environment (eg. nutrition, respiration, etc. as in the metabolism). The basic of human communication-way with environment are defined by nutrition. This contains various agents: eg. proteins, lipids, sugars, vitamins, ions, etc. When the elements of nutrition is substituted, the markers of homeostatic processes and regulations...