OBJECTIVE High sodium (HS) diet is associated with hypertension (HT) and insulin resistance (IR). We evaluated whether HS diet was associated with a dysregulation of cortisol production and metabolic syndrome (MetS). PATIENTS AND MEASUREMENTS We recruited 370 adults (18-85 years, BMI 29·3 ± 4·4 kg/m(2) , 70% women, 72% HT, 61% MetS). HS diet (urinary sodium >150 mEq/day) was observed in 70% o...

Desenvolvimento de coleções são ações necessárias no contexto das Bibliotecas Universitárias (BU), é preciso atenção para o avanço do conhecimento e a pertinência atualidade obras. Diante disso, compreender alguns temas que emergentes nas pesquisas atuais sua presença nos catálogos BUs. Tem-se como objetivo central apresentar indicadores quantitativos sobre acervo afrocentrado presente na Unive...

1Acupuncture andMoxibustionDepartment, BeijingHospital of Traditional ChineseMedicine Affiliated to CapitalMedical University, 23 Meishuguanhou Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100010, China 2Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33612, USA 3Department of Surgery, Federal University of Ceara (UFC), 6...

(1) International Consultant, Academy of Veterinary Medicine of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. E-mail: [email protected] (2) Professor at the Department of Fisheries Engineering and Researcher at the Institute of Marine Sciences/UFC, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. National Council for Scientifical Technological Development (CNPq) Researcher. Correspondence to: Regin...

We present the UFC (Unconnected From Connected) algorithm which discovers both connected and disconnected frequent graphs. It discovers connected frequent graphs by means of any existing graph mining algorithm and then joins these graphs with each other creating unconnected frequent graphs with increasing number of connected components. We compare our method with previously proposed UGM algorit...

Objectives Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis response to stressors, but links to neurophysiological and neuroanatomical changes are unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine whether stress-induced cortisol alters negative feedback on pituitary corticotroph function and pituitary volume. Design Prospective controlled stu...

OBJECTIVE To determine which parameter is the most useful screening test for hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal suppression in asthmatic children. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Paediatric allergy clinics in Cape Town, South Africa. PARTICIPANTS 143 asthmatic children of mostly mixed ancestry, aged 5-12 years. OUTCOME MEASURES Primary outcome measures included Spearman correlation co...

OBJECTIVE Muscular exercise induces hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activation and when regularly repeated, as in endurance training, leads to HPA axis adaptation. To assess whether non-professional endurance-trained (ET) men with a substantial training load and no clinical or biological features of HPA axis overactivity can present subtle alterations of HPA axis sensitivity to glucoco...

SUMMARY Cushing's syndrome is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Although surgery is the first-line treatment, drugs can still play a role as an ancillary treatment to be employed while waiting for surgery, after unsuccessful operation or in patients unsuitable for surgery. We were asked to evaluate a 32-year-old male waiting for cardiac transplantation. Idiopathic hypokinetic c...

Laboratory of Experimental Neurology and Neurophysiology/DFF/UFC and Institute of Biomedicine of the Brazilian Semiarid/ INCT/CNPq: MD, MSc; MD, PhD, Full Professor of Neurology and Neurophysiology/DFF/UFC; MD, Medical Doctor of the Brasília Base Hospital; MSc, PhD, Associate Professor of the Medicine Course of the Christus Faculty; DVM; DVM, PhD, Professor of the Superior School of Agriculture...