Studies in Surgical Endocrinology

Medical and Surgical Endocrinology

IN 1963 these authors published a highly practical textbook of Endocrinology entitled "Clinical Endocrinology for Surgeons" which was widely acclaimed. Progress in endocrinology in the intervening twelve years has demanded the production of a revised version, but the present volume is much more than just a second edition. It is deliberately aimed at a larger market, including physicians, physio...

Genome-wide association studies in pediatric endocrinology.

Genome-wide association (GWA) studies are a powerful tool for understanding the genetic underpinnings of human disease. In this article, we briefly review the role and findings of GWA studies in type 1 diabetes, stature, pubertal timing, obesity, and vitamin D deficiency. We then discuss the present and future implications of these findings with regards to disease prediction, uncovering basic b...

What will metabolomics studies mean to endocrinology?

Personalized medicine is a key topic for the development of future health-care provisions, even in endocrinology. The objective of personalized medicine is to use state-of-the-art association studies (GWAS), transcriptomics, proteomics as well as metabolomics are able to identify the up to now diagnostics and novel therapeutic interventions that take into account the specific requirements and c...

The Power of an Evolutionary Perspective in Studies of Endocrinology

The Essential Implications of Gender in Human Behavioral Endocrinology Studies

Carney et al. (2010) recently published a study in which they examined the effect of assuming “highand low-power” body postures on changes in testosterone levels in men and women. To do so, they randomly assigned participants to two groups (highpower and low-power), and then placed them in two successive 1-min poses appropriate for their group. They reported that “high-power” poses produced tes...