Endocrine Abstracts

We are living in the electronic era and day to day exposed by estrogenic disruptors such as Bisphenol-A (BPA). Electronic gadgets such as cellular phones, CDs, DVDs, RFIDs even baby feeding bottles are made with composition of BPA and their huge application are matter of debate in present. The chronic exposures of BPA have become a major health concern. In this study we assessed the neurobehavioral alterations caused by BPA in the rats. We examined the neurobehavioral changes ...

The Royal College of Physicians guidelines (2007) on follow-up post radioiodine therapy for hyperthyroidism recommend thyroid function monitoring around weeks 6, 12, 26, 39, 52 and yearly thereafter in stable patients. We retrospectively analyzed data from 91 patients given radioiodine in 2005 who were followed-up locally comparing our practice with these standards. Fifteen percent of patients were lost to follow-up before year one with 40% of these not having their thyroid fu...

Cushing’s syndrome is a rare endocrine disorder which the Royal College of Physicians/Society for Endocrinology Guidelines – Pituitary Tumours (1997) suggest should only be differentially diagnosed in centres with appropriate technical and enocrinological expertise. We conducted an audit against these guidelines of the management of Cushing’s syndrome in our unit (population covered 250, 000) over the 3-year period between January 2003 and January 2006. Aetiolog...