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A new st dy by Johns Hopkins researchers has found that insulin, the sugar-regulating hormone, is required for normal bone development and that it may provide a link between bone health and metabolic disease, such as diabetes.
Johns Hopkins Hospital (Endocrinologia) - Lun, 26 Luglio 2010
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Recent investigations of nutrition support in the intensive care unit (ICU) have revived discussion of optimal strategies for tight glucose control and the administration of total parenteral nutrition. Mode, timing, and adequacy of nutritional support affect glycemic control and outcomes in critically ill patients.
Archives of Surgery (Endocrinologia) - Mer, 30 Giugno 2010
http://archsurg.ama-assn.org/
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High levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) appear to be associated with a more than 2-fold increased risk for frailty in older women.
Medscape (Endocrinologia) - Mar, 18 Maggio 2010
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The American Head and Neck Society (AHNS) leadership would like to acknowledge the recent publication of the Consensus Statement on Central Neck Dissection Terminology and Classification for Thyroid Cancer published in the journal Thyroid.
Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Endocrinologia) - Mar, 16 Marzo 2010
http://archotol.ama-assn.org/
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A study shows some morbidly obese people are missing a section of DNA.
Medscape (Endocrinologia) - Ven, 5 Febbraio 2010
http://www.medscape.com
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Gout has been referred to in the past as “the king of diseases and the disease of kings”, as Pascal Richette and Thomas Bardin write in their Seminar in The Lancet today. However, the perception of the disease among the public and the way in which the condition is currently managed in the clinic has not befitted this grand reference. The public often consider gout—the most common inflammatory arthritis in men in developed countries—to be solely a self-inflicted ailment caused by excessive consumption of alcohol and rich food. Meanwhile, treatment for gout has not been optimum because many practitioners confuse the management of acute gout and hyperuricaemia. Furthermore, because gout is an ancient disease (it was first described by the Egyptians in 2640 BCE), it has not been a high priority for the pharmaceutical industry when compared with rheumatoid arthritis. Combined, these factors have meant that gout has been somewhat neglected.
The Lancet (Endocrinologia) - Lun, 1 Febbraio 2010
http://www.thelancet.com
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Should Glucocorticoid-Induced Hyperglycemia Be Treated in Patients With Septic Shock?
Greet Van den Berghe, MD, PhD
JAMA. 2010;303(4):365-366.
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Critical illness, in particular severe sepsis, induces insulin resistance and hyperglycemia. Corticosteroids are often used for reversal of fluid- and vasopressor-resistant septic shock. Such an adjuvant treatment aggravates illness-induced hyperglycemia, even in a low-dose steroid regimen. For glucocorticoid-induced hyperglycemia in noncritically ill patients, there is general agreement on treatment, because prolonged hyperglycemia causes cardiovascular and infectious complications. Whether patients in septic shock in the intensive care unit (ICU) with glucocorticoid-induced aggravation of "diabetes of injury" should be treated is controversial. This debate is embedded in the overall controversy about whether to treat critically ill patients with hyperglycemia with insulin, and if so, to what blood glucose level.
Journal of the American Medical Association (Endocrinologia) - Lun, 1 Febbraio 2010
http://jama.ama-assn.org/
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Hormones likely play a role in the development of adult acne. Some adult women experience mild to moderate acne due to hormonal changes associated with pregnancy, menstruation, and stopping and starting birth control pills. But hormones generally are not the root cause of acne.
MayoClinic.com (Endocrinologia) - Ven, 22 Gennaio 2010
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The link between obesity and mortality from cardiovascular disease, diabetes and certain forms of cancer may be substantially underestimated, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet. The study, which is published in the scientific journal BMJ, also suggests that some of the adverse consequences of being underweight may be overstated.
Karolinska Institutet (Endocrinologia) - Gio, 7 Gennaio 2010
http://ki.se/ki/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=130&l=en
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The term subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) was coined by Bastenie et al in 1967, and the entity has remained a subject of a heated debate among clinicians ever since. There appears to be agreement on the basic definition of SCH as the finding of a thyrotropin (TSH) level above the upper limit of the reference range in the presence of normal reference range levels of serum free thyroxine (FT4) and free triiodothyronine (FT3). The controversy relates in part to just what is the normal reference range for TSH level, specifically the upper limit of the range beyond which a diagnosis of hypothyroidism would obtain.
Archives of Internal Medicine (Endocrinologia) - Ven, 27 Novembre 2009
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