Endocrine Abstracts

According to recent research in the field of Psychoneuroendocrinology each stressor appears to have its own neurochemical signature. The present study examined whether keeping a secret stimulates the HPA or the SAM axis as well as cortisol involvement in lying.Methods: Sixty seven (N=67) healthy young male medical students participated in the study. Students were randomly assigned in 3 groups. All students were informed that they were about to have a 5 m...

Introduction: Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNA) is a method widely used in the assessment of thyroid nodules. The main aim of this 18-year retrospective study was the investigation of the diagnostic value of FNA in the approach of thyroid malignancy.Subjects and methods: patients underwent 1938 FNAs from 1987 to 2004 in the Department of Endocrinology, ‘Hippocration’ General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. 178 of these patients subsequently u...