introduction: obesity and visceral fat accumulation after menopause are associated with insulin resistance and cardiovascular diseases. we investigated the interactive effect of aerobic-resistance training and estrogen replacement therapy on visceral fat, omentin-1 and homa-ir in ovariectomized rats. materials and methods: fifty female wistar rats were ovariectomized (ovx) and divided into 5 gr...

Introduction: Obesity and visceral fat accumulation after menopause are associated with insulin resistance and cardiovascular diseases. We investigated the interactive effect of aerobic-resistance training and estrogen replacement therapy on visceral fat, omentin-1 and HOMA-IR in ovariectomized rats. Materials and Methods: Fifty female Wistar rats were ovariectomized (OVX) and divided into 5 gr...

objective: the current study aimed to determine the efficacy of radioiodine-131 (131i) ablation therapy with thyroid hormone replacement one day before 131i administration in patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer (dtc). methods: this retrospective study included 29 patients who underwent 131i therapies twice for dtc during 6-12 months.  since all the patients obviously had residual l...

introduction: many postmenopausal women who are on hormone replacement therapy discontinue medications due to vaginal bleeding. tibolone, a synthetic steroid, has minimal stimulatory effect on the endometrium. the aim of this study was to assess the effects of continuous hrt regimen and tibolone on the onset of vaginal bleeding and vaginal maturation value. materials and methods: a total of 150...

we report a case of prostatic adenocarcinoma, initially presenting with generalized lymphadenopathy, and mimicking lymphoma on flurodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (fdg pet/ct). our case suggests that in elderly men presenting with generalized lymphadenopathy, the diagnosis of metastatic prostatic carcinoma should not be overlooked even in the absence of typical ur...