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BMJ Open
December 2024
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Introduction: Cortisol is an essential stress hormone and failure of its production, known as adrenal insufficiency (AI), is associated with significant mortality due to adrenal crisis. The Short Synacthen Test (SST) is the current diagnostic test of choice for AI, but it is both invasive and resource intensive. Globally, there is an unmet need for a non-invasive, cost-effective test.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEndocr Pract
January 2025
Endocrinology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address:
Objectives: To evaluate the characteristics related to oral health and salivary production in patients with Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma (DTC) after radioiodine therapy (RIT).
Methods: Cross-sectional study, which included patients with DTC after ablative and/or adjuvant RIT. Patients underwent assessment of oral health conditions, subjective assessment of xerostomia and measurement of salivary flow.
Adv Rheumatol
January 2025
Department of Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Background: Endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) and the unfolded protein response (UPR) are adaptive mechanisms for conditions of high protein demand, marked by an accumulation of misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Rheumatic autoimmune diseases (RAD) are known to be associated with chronic inflammation and an ERS state. However, the activation of UPR signaling pathways is not completely understood in Sjögren's disease (SD).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Biol Rhythms
January 2025
Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado.
Although the sensitivity of the circadian system to the characteristics of light (e.g., biological timing, intensity, duration, spectrum) has been well studied in adults, data in early childhood remain limited.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIran J Public Health
December 2024
Medical Department, Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing 400021, China.
Background: Salivary compounds can be used as diagnostic markers for changes in the oral cavity that cause oral problems in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Methods: This meta-analysis searched PubMed/Medline, EMBASE, Scopus and Cochrane Library, and the Web of Science until Nov 2023. The observational studies included patients with T2DM and healthy controls aged > 18 yr with no oral health problems or systematic or periodontal diseases.
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