The effects of Bisphenol A (BPA), carbimazole and thyroxine on thyroid gland were investigated in 40 Wistar rats assigned as untreated controls, BPA (20 µg/kg/day), carbimazole (5 mg/day), and thyroxine (25 µg/day) orally by gavage. Each group contained 10 rats, 5 males and 5 fem...
Intrathyroid parathyroid adenoma as a cause of hypercalcemic crisis presents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge, since it is uncommon and should be thoroughly differentiated from a thyroid nodule. Herein, we report a case of a 71-year-old woman, with a history of nephrolithia...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2021/v4i121
Lia Rose Merry D. Cruze, Amena Alam Shanta, Md. Saqline Mostaq, Amira Mostafa, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Farhan Rashid, Sadia Afrin, Jumana Ahsan, Sanzida Khondoker & Md. Billal Hossain·Asian Journal of Research and Reports in Endocrinology·2020
Diabetes is a type of medical disorder originated from abnormal metabolic condition and derivatives of natural products are used as a tool to fight against this pernicious disease. Plant is a diversified origin of various chemical compounds of medicinal significance which can be...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2020/v3i130
Hormonal imbalance and hypertrophy of internal organs are sensitive indices of toxicity which may be multifactorial (including exposure to certain foods, drugs and herbal remedies), and are implicated in certain conditions such as infertility amongst others. Dr Iguedo Goko Cleans...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2020/v3i129
Exercise is one way to achieve good glycemic control and complication prevention. These study analysed effect of foot vibration to pain, foot sensitivity and ankle brachial index (ABI) improvement on type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients. These study used pre-experiment one grou...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2020/v3i128
Background: The aim of this study is to determine the level of use of social media (SoMe) for diabetic health promotion, prevention, and positive lifestyle changes to combat diabetes mellitus (DM) and to determine its main source of knowledge. Methods: A cross-sectional survey wa...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2020/v3i127
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic disorder resulting from the deficiency of insulin in the body, disturbance of insulin action or both, resulting in high blood glucose levels causing long term complications. Diabetes is well known to increase cardiovascular risk because of its...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2020/v3i126
Plants are seen generally as resources for food and medicines by humans. Citrullus colocynthis is a decorative European plant. It belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family and is also called bitter apple and bitter cucumber. This plant is mostly found in Africa, Asia and many regions o...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2020/v3i115
Aim: We report the case of a patient who had a malignant insulinoma as the first presentation of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1 (MEN1). Case Presentation: A 54-year-old male patient has reported palpitations, tremor, weight loss (approximately 20 kg) and seizures for one yea...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2020/v3i114
We evaluated oxidative stress (OS) and DNA damage in acromegaly patients in a follow-up study at a public tertiary health service. Acromegaly patients in follow up at a public tertiary health service from 2012 to 2013 were enrolled in this study. Healthy volunteers were selected...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2020/v3i113
Pregnancy is considered as a most beautiful event in a woman’s life. It’s the time of transformation of a woman into mother which is mostly dependent on hormonal influence. The word hormone has taken its origin from the Greek word “hormon” which signifies a substance which stimul...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2020/v3i112
We describe here the case of a patient with Euglycemic DKA in the setting of SGLT-2 inhibitor use, further evaluation of which led to unmasking of Type-1 Diabetes Mellitus. There have been previous case reports where SGLT-2 inhibitor use has led to unmasking of diabetes mellitus...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2020/v3i111
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus results in the state of imbalance in oestrogen and testosterone; more so, females exhibit increased circulating testosterone along with decreased in oestrogen level in diabetes mellitus. It is suggested that, sex hormones are important regulators o...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2019/v2i120
Aims: The purpose of this research was to assess Perceived Risk of Diabetes (PRD) and Self-reported Diabetes Risk Factors (SRDRF) among University of Guyana Students. Study Design: Cross-sectional descriptive research. Place and Duration of Study: University of Guyana, February-A...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2019/v2i119
Aims: Lipoatrophies can have multiple causes. Insulin lipoatrophies are among the rare causes. We report the case of patient with type 1 diabetes, with an acquired lipoatrophic syndrome. Case Presentation: This was a 19-year-old patient who had been hospitalized in the Diabetolog...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrre/2019/v2i117