Endocrine Abstracts

A 68-year-old lady presented to the medical assessment unit with history of muscle cramps involving both hands and legs of 5 days duration. She also gave a history of diarrhoea of 2 weeks duration. Her background medical history includes hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and dyspepsia for which she was taking Irbesartan/hydrochlorothiazide combination tablets, simvastatin and omeprazole.General physical examination revealed positive Chovstek’s and ...

Bariatric surgery in people with morbid obesity results in effective long-term weight loss, and resolution or reduction in the severity of several co-morbid conditions. The majority of obese people with type 2 diabetes who undergo bariatric surgery, achieve remission of their diabetes or a significant reduction of their glucose lowering therapy in the long-term. We conducted a retrospective observational study to assess changes in body weight and glycaemic control in obese typ...