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Female-specific risk factors for cardiovascular disease: an update
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. While it was previously believed that men have greater susceptibility to CVD, recent research suggests that women face an...
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Endocrinopathies in beta thalassemia: a narrative review
Beta thalassemia is the most common genetic blood disorder, characterized by reduced production or complete absence of beta-globin chains. The combination of systematic red blood cell transfusion and iron chel...
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Open AccessThe role of low glycemic index and load diets in medical nutrition therapy for type 2 diabetes: an update
The increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its microvascular and macrovascular complications necessitate an optimal approach to prevention and management. Medical nutrition therapy serves...
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Open AccessSecondary diabetes mellitus in pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas
Secondary diabetes mellitus (DM) in secretory pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs) is encountered in up to 50% of cases, with its presentation ranging from mild, insulin resistant forms to profound ins...
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Open AccessSecondary diabetes mellitus in acromegaly
Secondary diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common complication of acromegaly, encountered in up to 55% of cases. Vice versa, the prevalence of acromegaly is markedly higher in cohorts of patients with type 2 DM (T2...
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Open AccessA modern web-based health promotion program for patients in Greece with diabetes 2 and obesity: an interventional study
Health promotion programs are most beneficial in chronic diseases such as diabetes and morbid obesity, which can be positively affected by changes in attitudes, beliefs, and lifestyle.
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The Role of the Environment in Endocrine Cancers
Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) constitute exogenous agents which enter the body via food intake, inhalation, or direct contact. In addition to the lifelong exposure to environmental EDCs, a transplacent...
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The Role of the Environment in Endocrine Cancers
Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) constitute exogenous agents which enter the body via food intake, inhalation, or direct contact. In addition to the lifelong exposure to environmental EDCs, a transplacent...
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Osteoporosis-pseudoglioma syndrome: clinical, genetic, and treatment-response study of 10 new cases in Greece
Osteoporosis-pseudoglioma syndrome (OPPG) is a rare autosomal-recessive disorder, characterized by severe osteoporosis and early-onset blindness. Loss of function mutations in the gene encoding low-density lip...
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Bioimpedance analysis vs. DEXA as a screening tool for osteosarcopenia in lean, overweight and obese Caucasian postmenopausal females
BACKGROUND-OBJECTIVES: We aimed at evaluating the efficiency of a newly developed, advanced Bioimpedance Analysis (BIA-ACC®) device as a screening tool for determining the degree of obesity and osteosarcopenia...
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NGAL and cystatin C: two possible early markers of diabetic nephropathy in young patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus: one year follow up
Diabetic nephropathy constitutes a major long-term complication in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) and its diagnosis is based on microalbuminuria. The aim of this observational follow-up study was...
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Open AccessAdrenocortical carcinoma secreting cortisol, androgens and aldosterone: a case report
Adrenocortical carcinoma is a rare malignancy with a poor prognosis and presents with mass effects and less often with signs of hormone excess (approximately 60% of all adrenocortical carcinoma's). Hormonally ...
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Embolization as an Alternative Treatment of Insulinoma in a Patient with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 Syndrome
Insulinoma is a rare neuroendocrine tumor, most commonly originating from the pancreas, which is either sporadic or familial as a component of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 syndrome (MEN1). It is charact...
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Aging and glycoxidant stress
Aging and related diseases are accompanied by increased Oxidative Stress (OS) and accumulation of Advanced Glycation End products (AGEs). One important component of AGEs accumulation with aging appears to be t...
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Severity of coronary artery disease in postmenopausal diabetic women
Objective: Coronary artery disease (CAD) risk increases in women after the menopause. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of diabetes on the severity of CAD in postmenopausal women undergoing cor...
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Advanced glycoxidation
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. A large body of evidence both in vitro and in vivo suggests an important role for advanced glycoxidation end products (AGE) in the deve...
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Oxidative Stress-Inducing Carbonyl Compounds From Common Foods: Novel Mediators of Cellular Dysfunction
The general increase in reactive oxygen species generated from glucose-derived advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) is among the key mechanisms implicated in tissue injury due to diabetes. AGE-rich foods coul...
