Mansharan Kaur Chainchel Singh,Anushya Vijayanathan
Mansharan Kaur Chainchel Singh
Thyroid abscesses are rare as the gland has a rich blood supply, well-developed capsule and is high in iodine. However, clinicians must be aware of this fact and make an early diagnosis as it can lead to serious morbidity if left untreated....
Functioning Pituitary Adenomas - Current Treatment Options and Emerging Medical Therapies [0.03%]
功能性垂体腺瘤的当前治疗选择及新兴医学疗法
Elena V Varlamov,Shirley McCartney,Maria Fleseriu
Elena V Varlamov
Pituitary adenomas are benign tumours comprising approximately 16% of all primary cranial neoplasms. Functioning pituitary adenomas (prolactinomas, somatotroph, corticotroph, thyrotroph and rarely gonadotroph adenomas) cause complex clinica...
Rajiv Singla,Mithun Murthy,Sweta Singla et al.
Rajiv Singla et al.
Obesity has been called the mother of all diseases and, historically, has been strongly linked to diabetes. However, there are still some paradoxes that exist in diabetes epidemiology and obesity and no unifying hypothesis has been proposed...
Factors Determining the Success of Therapeutic Lifestyle Interventions in Diabetes - Role of Partner and Family Support [0.03%]
决定糖尿病治疗生活方式干预成功因素的研究-伴侣及家人支持的作用
Lovely Gupta,Deepak Khandelwal,Priti Rishi Lal et al.
Lovely Gupta et al.
Background and aims: Knowledge of therapeutic lifestyle interventions is one of the most important pillars of diabetes care; however, its incorporation in real-world settings is poor. This review evaluates the role of partner and family sup...
Sanjay Kalra,Banshi Saboo,Nam H Cho et al.
Sanjay Kalra et al.
This article describes the importance of the family in diabetes care. It lists the multiple ways in which the family is related to diabetes: as a cause or culprit of diabetes, as a tool or technique for delivering diabetes care and as a tar...
Sarcopenia in the Elderly [0.03%]
老年人的肌肉减少症
Yannis Dionyssiotis
Yannis Dionyssiotis
In the 21st century, life expectancy has increased and consequently so has the number of elderly people. Sarcopenia is an emerging area in geriatric medicine. The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) defined sarcope...
Faidra Laskou,Elaine Dennison
Faidra Laskou
Physical activity and nutritional factors, such as calcium and vitamin D intake, have been shown in numerous studies to be beneficial to musculoskeletal health at different points in the lifecourse. However, the evidence that physical activ...
A New Paediatric Diabetes Knowledge Test - M-WIKAD Development and Factor Analysis [0.03%]
M-WIKAD儿童糖尿病知识测试的编制及因子分析
Sarah Tsai,Susana Patton,Stephen DeLurgio et al.
Sarah Tsai et al.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a measure of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) knowledge that is aimed at youth and is based on contemporary management standards. Methods: An 88-item test was derived from the American Associ...
Extra-hepatic Acromegaly [0.03%]
肝外肢端肥大症
Sanne E Franck,Aart Jan van der Lely,Sebastian Neggers
Sanne E Franck
After the introduction of somatostatin analogs (LA-SMSA) and the growth hormone (GH) receptor antagonist, pegvisomant (Peg-v) normal serum insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) concentrations in virtually every patients with acromegaly is po...
Polackwich As,Tadros Nn,Ostrowski Ka et al.
Polackwich As et al.
Late onset hypogonadism (LOH) is an issue of increasing concern. Studies have shown the importance of testosterone in the maintenance of homeostasis, especially with respect to bone health, sexual function, diabetes, cardiovascular risk, me...