Effect of high-intensity interval training vs. moderate-intensity continuous training on cardiometabolic risk factors in overweight and obese individuals.

Objectives: Our study aims to compare the effects of an 8-week high-intensity interval training (HIIT) vs. moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) on cardiometabolic risk factors and on serum leptin levels in overweight and obese individuals.

Methods: Our quasi-experimental study involved 36 students who were assigned to HIIT, MICT or the control group.

A rare case of type 1 diabetes mellitus with pituitary hypoplasia.

Growth failure and pubertal abnormalities are not uncommon in chronic uncontrolled metabolic diseases like diabetes mellitus. We present a young girl with uncontrolled type 1 diabetes mellitus, who presented with short stature and primary amenorrhea, and on evaluation was found to have anterior pituitary hypoplasia. In addition to uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, she presented with early onset growth failure and lack of spontaneous secondary sexual characteristics.

Study in Southern India Among Hypertensive Patients Using ECG To Screen Left Ventricular Hypertrophy - Can We Do It in Rural Health Centres?

Background: Electrocardiogram (ECG) is a cost effective tool to evaluate left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). However, its reliability is often questionable when compared to the gold standard - echocardiography.The validation of ECG as a tool to diagnose LVH would benefit centres that lack access to echocardiography.