▼ The medical treatment of Graves’ orbitopathy (GO) is usually reserved to moderate to severe disease. Steroids have been widely employed and possess anti-inflammatory activity, but about 20–30 % of patients are not responsive and about 20 % present with disease recurrence. Immunosuppressive therapy alternative to corticosteroids may target the different antigens involved in pathogenic mechanis...

Suggested citation for this article: McGinn E. Medical treatment and weight gain [letter to the editor]. Prev Chronic Dis [serial online] 2007 Jul [date cited]. Available from: " Addressing the Obesity Epidemic: A Genomics Perspective " in your April 2007 (1) issue speaks of the importance of considering all aspects of obesity. However, one aspect overlooked in the article is weight gain associ...

Medical treatment of ulcerative colitis in the period 1934-1949 sorely tested the patience and optimism of both patient and doctor. Some principles remain as important today as they were then, a diet generous in protein and calories, mineral and iron replacement, and blood transfusion. Other aspects sound unfamiliar such as prolonged bed rest and a strict low-residue diet. Two advances around 1...

THE CONCEPTION that treatment of Graves' disease (i) is primarily surgical, is widespread despite the fact that American as well as European literature contains numerous reports of satisfactory results with non'surgical treatment in selected cases. It is undoubtedly true that since Plummer and Boothby (2, 3, 4) inaugurated routine preoperative iodine preparation, the prognosis of surgical pro' ...

INTRODUCTION. Endometriosis is a disease characterized by the presence of tissue that is histologically identical to endometrium at ectopic locations outside the uterine cavity and protean manifestations. The incidence of endometriosis is strongly influenced by the awareness of non-classical lesions and because of the long-standing interest of the group in these lesions. The prominent symptoms ...

Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease of uncertain etiology with recurrent symptoms and considerable morbidity. There is no known medical cure for ulcerative colitis. The ultimate goal of treatment in any patient suffering from ulcerative colitis is inducing and maintaining clinical remission. New uses are being found for old drugs, and more and more new drugs are becoming availab...