Impact of Laboratory-Measured Euthyroid Hashimoto's Thyroiditis on Reproductive Hormone Profile in Women with Obesity.

Hashimoto's thyroiditis is a common endocrinological disorder that often coexists with obesity. Thyroid hormones interact with the regulation of sex steroids, and thyroid autoimmunity has a negative impact on female fertility. There are studies showing when euthyroid state is achieved with hormone replacement therapy (HRT), the reproductive hormone profile is improved but they usually compare the reproductive hormones before and after HRT in the same individuals.

Exploring depression, comorbidities and quality of life in geriatric patients: a study utilizing the geriatric depression scale and WHOQOL-OLD questionnaire.

Background: The increasing prevalence of depression among older adults is a growing concern. Chronic health conditions, cognitive impairments, and hospitalizations amplify emotional distress and depression levels in this population. Assessing the quality of life is crucial for the well-being of older adults.

Pharmacotherapy for older people with obesity.

Rates of obesity continue to rise, including in older adults. Use of medication for obesity in the elderly has been considered controversial, due to concerns around potential progression of age-related sarcopenia and a general lack of evidence for its use in this age group. Within this review, we describe the general considerations when prescribing obesity pharmacotherapy for older adults living with obesity.

Expert Opinion on the Utility of Telemedicine in Obesity Care: Recommendations on a Hybrid Multidisciplinary Integrated Care Follow-Up Algorithm.

Purpose Of Review: The proposed expert opinion was prepared by a panel of obesity and law specialists from Turkey to review the utility of telemedicine in obesity care and to provide a guidance document with recommendations on a hybrid multidisciplinary integrated care follow-up algorithm and the legislation governing telemedicine practice to assist obesity specialists in practicing the telemedicine.

Recent Findings: The efficacy and feasibility of telemedicine interventions in supporting obesity management programs even during pandemics confirm that obesity is a particularly well-suited field for telemedicine, emphasizing the strong likelihood of continued utilization of telemedicine in obesity management, beyond the pandemic period. Telemedicine has great potential to address several barriers to ongoing weight-management care, such as challenges of access to specialized care, cost, and time limitations as well as patient adherence to treatment.

Dynapenic Abdominal Obesity and Metabolic Health in Non-Geriatric Patients with Obesity.

Dynapenic abdominal obesity (DAO) is the combination of low muscle strength and high central adiposity, which can lead to functional and cardiometabolic impairments. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between DAO and metabolic parameters in non-geriatric patients with obesity. All patients seen in the obesity outpatient clinic during a random month, along with 30 healthy individuals, were included in the study.

The effect of sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity on survival in gastric cancer.

Background: Sarcopenic obesity arises from increased muscle catabolism triggered by inflammation and inactivity. Its significance lies in its role in contributing to morbidity and mortality in gastric cancer. This study aims to explore the potential correlation between sarcopenia, sarcopenic obesity, and gastric cancer, as well as their effect on survival.

Status of Weight Change, Lifestyle Behaviors, Depression, Anxiety, and Diabetes Mellitus in a Cohort with Obesity during the COVID-19 Lockdown: Turk-Com Study Group.

Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to a lockdown period. Confinement periods have been related to unhealthy lifestyle behaviors. Our study aimed to determine weight change, changes in eating and exercise habits, the presence of depression and anxiety, and diabetes mellitus (DM) status in a cohort of patients with obesity.

The Impact of Obesity on Sexual Functions and Dyadic Consensus in Patients with Obesity.

Obesity is a chronic disease with several co-morbidities that increase morbidity and mortality and decrease quality of life. Psychopathologies are an important group of co-morbidities. In this study, it was aimed to search for the presence of depression and sexual dysfunction in patients with obesity, examine impact of obesity on marital adjustment, and highlight those important problems that are usually overlooked.

A Extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas putida bacteremia that was resolved spontaneously.

Pseudomonas putida (P. putida) is a rare pathogen that causes various infections in newborns, neutropenic and cancer patients, or in patients with risk factors leading to immunosuppresion. Antibiotic resistance in P.

Relationship between circulating microparticles and hypertension and other cardiac disease biomarkers in the elderly.

Background: Microparticles are procoagulant membrane vesicles that play role in endothelium dysfunction pathogenesis and are increased in hypertension, acute/chronic vascular pathological events. Here; we aimed to compare MPs levels of hypertensive geriatric patients with healthy age-match-patients, discuss its availability as a cardiovascular biomarker and investigate its relationship with other inflammatory markers.

Methods: Forty seven hypertensive geriatric patients (M/F;15/32) and 47 healthy controls (M/F;19/28) were included in the study.

Porphyria cutanea tarda: a case report.

Background: The porphyrias are a rare group of metabolic disorders that can either be inherited or acquired. Along the heme biosynthetic pathway, porphyrias can manifest with neurovisceral and/or cutaneous symptoms, depending on the defective enzyme. Porphyria cutanea tarda, the most common type of porphyria worldwide, is caused by a deficiency of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase, a crucial enzyme in heme biosynthesis, which results in an accumulation of photosensitive byproducts, such as uroporphyrinogen, which leads to the fragility and blistering of sun-exposed skin.

Analysis of diabetes-related cerebellar changes in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.

Background/aim: Diabetic peripheral neuropathy has been extensively studied and reported, but the number of studies that have investigated diabetes-related changes in the central nervous system are limited, with even fewer studies on the cerebellum. The aim of this experimental study was to perform a histologic analysis of the diabetes-related changes in the cerebellums of diabetic rats.

Materials And Methods: Twenty Sprague Dawley rats weighing between 200 and 220 g were included in the study.

Osteoprotegerin as a marker of atherosclerosis in type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients.

Background/aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the availability of osteoprotegerin (OPG) as a marker of atherosclerosis and compare serum OPG levels with ankle-brachial index (ABI) in diabetic patients.

Materials And Methods: A total of 31 type 1 and 31 type 2 diabetic patients without macrovascular complications and 20 healthy volunteers were included. Serum OPG levels and ABI were measured.

A rarely seen cause for empyema: Leuconostoc mesenteroıdes.

Leuconostoc species are Gram-positive, non-motile, vancomycin-resistant bacteria placed within the family of Streptococcaceae. They naturally exist in food and are important in the sauerkraut, milk and wine industries due to their role in fermentation. Infections caused by Leuconostocs are generally reported in immunosuppressed patients with an underlying disease, or in those who were previously treated with vancomycin.