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* Publisher: Clinical Publishing
* Number Of Pages: 248
* Publication Date: 2007-01
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1904392792
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781904392798
* Binding: Paperback

Product Description:
Books in the Problem Solving series present short cases that represent common yet challenging real-life patient scenarios. The problem-based learning approach is of great value for trainees and the continuing medical education needs of experienced doctors. Current literature and guidelines have been reviewed to provide the latest best practice.
This volume covers the major areas of endocrinology: thyroid, adrenal gland, pituitary, reproduction, growth and development, calcium and bone, endocrine hypertension, water, electroytes and glucose.

* Publisher: Clinical Publishing
* Number Of Pages: 248
* Publication Date: 2006-08-30
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 190439261X
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781904392613
* Binding: Paperback

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The evidence base in diabetes is accumulating rapidly. There has also been a boom in both the primary and secondary literature of diabetes - textbooks and monographs abound which summarize the classic characteristics of the ‘typical’ diabetes patient. Meanwhile doctors treating individuals need to keep up to date with recent developments, and must have current information to enable them to solve real life and everyday problems in the field - this book has been written to meet their needs.

* Publisher: Cambridge University Press
* Number Of Pages: 336
* Publication Date: 2008-08-11
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521860334
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521860338
* Binding: Hardcover

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Obesity is one of the prime contributors to ill health in modern society, affecting around 20-25% of the population. It can cause or exacerbate a variety of health problems and is often associated with several other diseases including type II diabetes, coronary heart disease and certain types of cancer.

* Publisher: Humana Press
* Number Of Pages: 288
* Publication Date: 1999-07-27
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0896036774
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780896036772
* Binding: Hardcover

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Leading researchers and experienced clinicians join forces not only to illuminate today’s understanding of the endocrinology of menopause, but also to provide a sound basis for its successful management. These seasoned experts review in detail the cardiovascular, bone, brain, and genitourinary changes that accompany menopause and spell out the risks, benefits, and alternatives of conventional hormone replacement therapy.

* Publisher: Springer
* Number Of Pages: 198
* Publication Date: 2009-01-01
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3540883665
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783540883661
* Binding: Hardcover

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Skin lesions are often the first sign for an endocrine disease. Their description is thus of relevance for early diagnosis and treatment of endocrine disease for specialists in endocrinology as well as in dermatology.
Lavishly illustrated, this book describes the clinical and histological features of skin lesions observed in endocrine diseases. All features are reader-friendly structured and written in the language of dermatologists in order to enable a simple association between the features observed and the endocrine etiology.

Cenegenics® Medical Institute, global age management medicine leader, released encouraging findings from their study on testosterone and growth hormone normalization for documented clinically deficient adults, published in the Volume 2008 Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, a peer-reviewed, online scientific journal of Dove Open Access.

Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine may be one step closer to understanding why past oral contraceptive use dramatically lowers the risk of ovarian and uterine cancers later in life. While studying the effect of post-menopausal dietary soy consumption on estrogen metabolism in cynomolgus monkeys, Latanya M. Scott, Ph.D.

The international jury brought together by La Fondation Ipsen on June 2, 2006 in Toronto (Canada), under the presidency of Professor Iain Robinson (National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK) awarded the 6th Endocrine Communication and Regulation Prize to William F.

People with subclinical hyperthyroidism and subclinical hypothyroidism are at increased risk of all-cause death compared with people who have normally functioning thyroid, according to data presented on Oct. 2, 2008 at the 79th Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) in Chicago, IL. In addition, people with subclinical hyperthyroidism are also at increased risk of cardiovascular death compared with people who have normal thyroid function. Subclinical hyperthyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid is mildly overactive. Subclinical hypothyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid in mildly underactive. Both conditions have minor or no symptoms of thyroid disease and are detectable only through blood tests. Experts have not reached a consensus regarding whether to treat people with these subclinical thyroid dysfunctions (STD). Researchers from the Faculdade de Medicina de Marilia in Marilia, Brazil and the Federal University of Sao Paulo in Sao Paulo, Brazil conducted a large prospective study of 1,110 individuals with normal thyroid function, hyperthyroidism, subclinical hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, and subclinical hypothyroidism to determine the relationship between STD and cardiovascular mortality and STD and all-cause mortality. Study participants were recruited from Japanese-Brazilians living in Brazil, were over the age of 30, and were not taking thyroid medication. Study participants were followed for up to seven years (2000-2007). 

People with moderate subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH), a condition in which the thyroid is mildly underactive, are at increased risk of death, according to data to be presented on Oct. 4, 2008 at the 79th Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) in Chicago, Ill. SCH – indicated by a raised thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) but normal thyroxine level – has minor or no symptoms of overt hypothyroidism disease and is detectable only through blood tests. SCH is common among the elderly, particularly elderly women. Although it is known that hypothyroidism increases risk for cardiovascular disease and mortality, data to date regarding the relationship between SCH and mortality and cardiovascular disease is inconclusive. Using the Preventive Cardiology Information System (PreCIS), a team of researchers from the Cleveland Clinic studied more than 6,000 patients seen at the Prevention Cardiology Clinic. Researchers evaluated TSH at each patient’s initial visit and linked with demographic and laboratory data. Mortality was measured six years later. Survival was compared amongst subjects with varying levels of TSH.