Mehrdad Solati

Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Oral magnesium supplementation in type II diabetic patients

  Background : Magnesium is the second most abundant intracellular cation. It plays an important role in insulin homeostasis and glucose metabolism through multiple enzymatic reactions. With increasing data on magnesium deficiency in diabetic patients and epidemiological studies demonstrating magnesium deficiency as a risk factor for diabetes, it is logical to search for its possible beneficial...

[ 2 ] - Paraoxonase role in dyslipidemia in thyroid disease (review article)

Introduction: Thyroid disease e.g. hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, and subclinical hypothyroidism are among the most common endocrine disorders. Dyslipidemia is prevalent in thyroid diseases and lipid oxidation due to oxidative stress play an important role in the pathogenesis of thyroid diseases. Antioxidant enzymes such as paraxonase have a protective role in these patients and their activit...

[ 3 ] - Correlation between low T3 syndrome and mortality rate in patients with systolic heart failure

Introduction: This study was performed to evaluate the prevalence of low T3 syndrome among patients with heart failure and to assess the correlation between decreased level of tri iodothyronin (T3) with mortality rate. Methods: In a prospective cross-sectional study, 91 patients with systolic heart failure were admitted to Mohammadi hospital in Bandar Abbas in 2008.Thyroid function test w...

[ 4 ] - Evaluation of results of fine needle aspiration and pathology of thyroid nodules in thyroidectomy Patients

Introduction: The most common manifestation of thyroid malignancy is thyroid nodule. In few studies, pathologic findings of malignancy were seen in patients who were undergone thyroidectomy because of causes other than malignancy. The aim of this study was the evaluation of the rate of malignancy in patients who undergone thyroidectomy. Methods: In this retrospective multi central study, ...

[ 5 ] - Evaluation of endocrine dysfunction in thalassemia intermedia

Introduction: Thalassemia is an inherited disease which leads to an imbalance of globinchain synthesis and consequently, ineffective hematopoiesis. Iron deposits in many important body organs, as endocrine organs due to blood transfusion or ineffective hematopoiessis. The aim of the present study is to assess the endocrine disorders in the patients with thalassemia intermedia referred to ...

[ 6 ] - Effect of administration of Teucrium polium on blood glucose and lipid levels in

Introduction: Recently, the search for appropriate hypoglycemic agents has been focused on plants. Teucrium polium is traditionally used in Iran to manage, control and treat diabetes. We designed this study to elucidate the effect of the administration of oral doses of aqueous and ethanol extract from Teucrium polium on plasma glucose, lipid profiles and liver enzymes in diabetic and non dia...

[ 7 ] - Oral herbal supplement containing magnesium sulfate improve metabolic control and insulin resistance in non-diabetic overweight patients: A randomized double blind clinical trial

Background: Magnesium deficiency plays a key role in obesity and decreases insulin sensitivity. In our previous study, significant evidence was provided for the contribution of oral Mg supplement that could improve insulin sensitivity and body weight in animal trials. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of an herbal supplement containing 300 mg magnesium sulfate on l...