Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Late night salivary cortisol appears to be promising as a simple stress-free screening test for Cushing’s syndrome (CS). But there is no consensus on the cut-off value because of the lack of availability larger studies and of standardization of assays. The normal reference ranges are assay-dependent and should be validated for each laboratory.Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of late-night salivary cor...

Introduction: Anti-epileptic drugs (AED) adversely affecting bone health. However, individual variations between different AEDs exist and not all AEDs are equally toxic to the bone. There is almost equipoise about the effect of valproate on bone.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study assessing bone mineral density with dual energy X-ray absorptiometry at the hip and lumbar spine in 33 outpatients receiving valproate for ≥1 year and 36 health...

Aims and objectives: To assess the effect of Comprehensive Yogic Breathing Program on glycemic control, quality of life, and cardiac autonomic functions in diabetes.Material and methods: This is a prospective randomized controlled intervention trial. 120 diabetes patients who were having HbA1c between 6 and 8% for atleast 6 months were selected. Oral drug dose was adjusted to keep the HbA1c between 6 and 8. Plasma fasting glucose, post prandial plasma gl...