Nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of Greek menopausal women.

Objective: Nutritional guidelines for postmenopausal women differ. This study aimed to assess postmenopausal women's knowledge, beliefs, and practices regarding nutrition during menopause and their dietary habits.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in a menopause clinic, and data from 105 women were analyzed.

Linguistic translation and validation of the Menopause-specific Quality of Life (MENQOL) questionnaire in Greek menopausal women.

Objective: The objective of this study was to translate the Menopause-specific Quality of Life (MENQOL) questionnaire in Greek and validate it for usage in the Greek population both in written and electronic form.

Methods: The original English questionnaire MENQOL with 1-month recall period was translated by our team. According to instructions by Mapi Research Trust, the questionnaire was forward and back-translated, followed by patient testing and proofreading.

Impaired Metabolism of Selenomethionine in Graves' Disease: A Biokinetics Study of Soft Gel Capsule Formulation.

Patients with Graves' disease are known to have low selenium (Se) status, Se supplementation resulting in clinical and biochemical improvement. Selenomethionine (SeMet) in a new soft gel capsule formulation was used in a pilot study in 6 patients with acute Graves' disease and low selenium levels (61.3±12.

Diagnostic accuracy of ¹²³I-FP-CIT (DaTSCAN) in dementia with Lewy bodies: a meta-analysis of published studies.

Purpose: A systematic meta-analysis of published studies on the diagnostic accuracy of presynaptic dopaminergic imaging with ¹²³I-FP-CIT (DaTSCAN) in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB).

Methods: We included (a) studies in which DaTSCAN was performed in cases of diagnostic uncertainty to differentiate between DLB and non-DLB dementia and (b) studies of patients with already established diagnoses of DLB, non-DLB dementia, or normalcy, against which the diagnostic accuracy of DaTSCAN was tested. We applied fixed-effects Mantel-Haenszel and hierarchical logistic regression models for meta-analysis of the diagnostic test's accuracy.

Constitutional advancement of growth is associated with early puberty in girls.

Background: Constitutional advancement of growth (CAG) is the growth pattern of early growth acceleration that has been shown to be characteristic in girls with idiopathic precocious puberty (IPP). The aim of this study was to examine the growth pattern of girls with early puberty compared to girls with IPP.

Methods: We studied the growth pattern, from birth to presentation, of 61 girls with early puberty, of 40 girls with IPP and of 100 healthy girls with normal pubertal onset that served as controls.

The role of adipocytokines in insulin resistance in normal pregnancy: visfatin concentrations in early pregnancy predict insulin sensitivity.

Background: Throughout pregnancy maternal adipose tissue is metabolically active, producing adipocytokines involved in the process of insulin resistance. We explored the role of serum adipocytokines, including the newly identified adipocytokine visfatin, in the process of insulin resistance in normal pregnancy.

Methods: We examined 80 pregnant nonobese, nondiabetic white women during the 3 trimesters of pregnancy.