Functional foods and cardiovascular disease risk: building the evidence base [0.03%]
功能性食品与心血管疾病风险控制：建立证据链
Lynn L Moore
Lynn L Moore
Purpose of review: To review the concept of functional foods and to summarize recent evidence on functional foods and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. R...
Juan Bernal
Juan Bernal
Purpose of review: To discuss the recent advances on thyroid hormone transport in the brain. A special attention is paid to the X-linked thyroid hormone cell transport (THCT) defect (also known as the Allan-Herndon-Dudley...
The possible roles of environmental factors and the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in the prevalence of thyroid diseases in Vietnam era veterans [0.03%]
环境因素及芳烃受体在越南时代退伍军人甲状腺疾病流行病学中的可能作用
Stephen W Spaulding
Stephen W Spaulding
Purpose of review: 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) profoundly affects the immune system in experimental animals. TCDD was a contaminant in defoliants used in the Vietnam War, and is known to cause prolonged act...
Is urinary free cortisol of value in the diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome? [0.03%]
尿游离皮质醇测定对库欣综合征诊断价值几何？
Krystallenia I Alexandraki,Ashley B Grossman
Krystallenia I Alexandraki
Purpose of review: Cushing's syndrome results from prolonged and inappropriately high exposure of tissues to glucocorticoids. Biochemical tests are always needed to confirm the clinical suspicion: these include measuremen...
Outi Vaarala
Outi Vaarala
Purpose of review: Several studies indicate that factors affecting the gut are capable of modulating the development of autoimmune diabetes. This review discusses the recent research on these mechanisms, which may reveal ...
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...