Barry M Popkin
Barry M Popkin
Purpose of review: To understand how obesity affects national security by focusing on three case study countries - the USA, China, and Mexico. Recent find...
Niyati Chiniwala,Serge Jabbour
Niyati Chiniwala
Purpose of review: Description of management of diabetes in elderly. Recent findings: Population of older adults is growing and so is t...
Remission of type 2 diabetes mellitus following bariatric surgery: review of mechanisms and presentation of the concept of 'reversibility' [0.03%]
手术治疗后2型糖尿病的缓解：机制综述及“可逆性”概念的提出
Richard A Perugini,Samir Malkani
Richard A Perugini
Purpose of review: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) leads to remission of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in a majority of patients. This is prompting investigation of RYGB, and other bariatric operations as interventional...
Matthew C Riddle
Matthew C Riddle
Purpose of review: Diabetes mellitus is associated with several-fold increased risk of cardiovascular events, including death, yet whether treatment of hyperglycemia can reduce this risk remains controversial. ...
Shaunagh McDermott,Owen J O&#x;connor,Michael A Blake
Shaunagh McDermott
Purpose of review: To explain the rationale behind and findings on both established and newer techniques in adrenal cortical imaging. We also discuss management of incidentally found adrenal lesions. ...
Christine M Trapp,Phyllis W Speiser,Sharon E Oberfield
Christine M Trapp
Purpose of review: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) in children, the majority of which is due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency, represents a group of disorders in which there is impaired cortisol synthesis and abnormaliti...
Matthew A Nehs,Daniel T Ruan
Matthew A Nehs
Purpose of review: To summarize the recent developments in minimally invasive adrenal surgery. Recent findings: Modern adrenal surgery ...
Zaki Hassan-Smith,Paul M Stewart
Zaki Hassan-Smith
Purpose of review: Inherited forms of mineralocorticoid hypertension are a group of monogenic disorders that, although rare, have enlightened our understanding of normal physiology, and subsequent processes implicated in ...