Eruptive Facial Postinflammatory Lentigo: Clinical and Dermatoscopic Features.

The face has not been considered a common site of fixed drug eruption, and the authors lack dermatoscopic studies of this condition on the subject. The authors sought to characterize clinical and dermatoscopic features of 8 cases of an eruptive facial postinflammatory lentigo. The authors conducted a retrospective review of 8 cases with similar clinical and dermatoscopic findings seen from 2 medical centers in 2 countries during 2010-2014.

Suction-assisted lipectomy fails to improve cardiovascular metabolic markers of disease: a meta-analysis.

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine whether suction-assisted lipectomy (SAL) decreases the incidence of early cardiovascular disease risk factors or its biochemical and clinical risk indicators.

Methods: A systematic review of the literature was performed by conducting a predefined, sensitive search in MEDLINE without limiting the year of publication or language. The extracted data included the basal characteristics of the patients, the surgical technique, the amount of fat extracted, the cardiovascular risk factors and the biochemical and clinical markers monitored over time.

[Relationship of consumption of high glycemic index food in the diet and levels of HbA1c in type 2 diabetic patients treated with diet and/or metformin].

At present there is still no clear consensus on recommendations on the use of GI of foods for the dietary management of T2DM. Rather different entities propose the use of carbohydrate counting, because there is not even enough evidence for dietary planning based on this index. The aim of this study was to relate consumption of high GI food with glycemic control of type 2 diabetes patients from the cardiovascular health program of 3 CESFAM (Family Health Centers) in Santiago, Chile.

[Waist:height ratio as a predictor of risk of hypertension in young adults: is it better indicator that waist circumference].

The objective was to determine the association between values of waist circumference (WC) and waist: height ratio (W/H) with blood pressure (BP) and to estimate which of these indicators present the best association with BP in a young adult population of a semi-rural area of Chile. We performed a cross sectional study in 998 people between 22 and 28 years, born in the Limache Hospital, V Region of the country who were surveyed for socioeconomic and family background, BP and anthropometric measurements were also taken during 2000 and 2003. Linear regression model was apply between control variables and BP, then models between WC and W/H and BP were built adjusting by control variables.

Is the Androgen Deficiency of Aging Men (ADAM) questionnaire useful for the screening of partial androgenic deficiency of aging men?

Background: Androgen serum levels significantly decrease in older men, causing quality of life impairment and increasing the risk of chronic disease. This disorder is defined as PADAM (Partial Androgen Deficiency of Aging Men).

Objective: To evaluate a PADAM screening tool and determine the prevalence of this disorder in healthy adult men.