[Intermittent fasting: endocrine aspects: A review].

The increasing number of overweight and obese people makes the search for new effective ways to reduce body weight extremely urgent. Recently, intermittent fasting has received a lot of attention, as a dietary protocol, presumably effective in reducing body weight. Despite the large number of studies, the effects of intermittent fasting on the human body are controversial, since studies differ in dietary options, design, and often have a small sample size.

[The ketogenic diet: history, mechanism of action, indications and contraindications].

Low-carb diets have been successfully used to alleviate a number of severe neurological diseases for about 100 years. The publication of the results of new studies suggesting that this type of diet may play a therapeutic role in other pathologies such as diabetes, obesity, polycystic ovary syndrome, and oncology is of particular interest for both doctors and the public. However, the long-term safety of using a low-carb or ketogenic diet, as well as its impact, primarily on the risks of developing cardiovascular diseases, remains poorly studied.

[Graves' disease and pregnancy].

Thyvrotoxicosis is a clinical syndrome related to the negative influence of excess thyroid hormones. Its main cause in young and mid-aged patients is Graves' disease. Therapy with thyrostatic medications are most frequently used in this country as the primary method for the treatment of this disease.

[Atypical clinical course of Cushing's disease].

Endogenous hypercorticism is a severe endocrine disease with clinical symptoms resulting from long-term action of corticosteroids. In this country, conditions caused by the excess pituitary ACTH production are called Itsenko-Cushing disease. In the absence of adequate treatment, half of the patients die within 5 years after the onset of the disease.