Endocrine Abstracts

Physicians and dentists have long known that the health of an individual’s mouth can have significant effects on the health of the rest of the body. Researchers are finding more medical reasons to maintain good oral hygiene. Numerous recent scientific studies indicate association between oral health and a variety of general health conditions including diabetes and obesity. Studies have suggested a bidirectional relationship between periodontitis and diabetes and periodont...

Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare (incidence 1–2 per 1 million population) and heterogeneous malignancy with incompletely understood pathogenesis, unknown etiology and poor prognosis. ACC tends to grow and metastasize rapidly if untreated. The majority of cases are incidental diagnoses of advanced stage disease that metastasizes precociously due to its tendency to invade vascular structures. Among adults presenting with hormonal syndromes due to tumor excess secret...

Orlistat selectively inhibits gastrointestinal lipase, thereby preventing fat dissolution and reducing fat absorption. Many studies have shown good effect of Orlistat on parameters of metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus type 2.The aim of this study was to examine the effect of Orlistat on:body mass reduction, serum lipid level, blood pressure level, fasting plasma glucose level (FPG) by obese patients with prediabetes.Study in...

Introduction: In patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D), depression increases the risk for persistent hyperglycemia, diabetes complications and mortality. Most results demonstrated that depression is associated with nearly all important medical and psychosocial outcome parameters of T1D. Also, it has been demonstrated that poor diabetes self-care can result from patients’ lack of knowledge or existing psychosocial issues, primarily depression. The aim of the study was to det...

The aim of this study was to find out sensitivity and specificity of ultrasonography (US) versus other imaging modalities such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) in diagnostics of pathologic changes of adrenal glands. In a sample of 310 patients with pathological process in retroperitoneum, we diagnosed pathological changes of adrenal glands (adrenals tumor) in 57 patients. The patients were examined by US Aloka SSD 500 with convex transducer of 3.5 MHz an...