The relationship between residual insulin secretion and subclinical cardiovascular risk indices in young adults with type 1 diabetes.

Background: Patients with type 1 diabetes (DM1), even in the setting of adequate glycaemic control, have an excess risk for developing cardiovascular disease. Residual insulin secretion (RIS), measured by detectable C-peptide levels in patients with DM1, might protect against diabetes-related complications. This study aimed to examine the relationship between residual insulin secretion and prognostic markers of cardiovascular complications in patients with DM1.

Vitamin D prescribing practices among clinical practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background And Aims: COVID-19 has caused devastation globally. Low vitamin D status, particularly during the winter months, remains commonplace around the world, and it is thought to be one of the contributing factors toward causation and severity of COVID-19. Many guidelines do not recommend vitamin D for the treatment or prevention of the disease.

The impact of cardiovascular comorbidities associated with risk for left heart disease on idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension: Data from the Hellenic Pulmonary Hypertension Registry (HOPE).

Whereas younger female patients were diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) in 1980s, it is now frequently encountered in elderly patients with cardiovascular comorbidities (CVCs) associated with increased risk for left heart disease. We present data until November 2019 regarding specific features and clinical outcomes of IPAH population from the Hellenic Pulmonary Hypertension Registry (HOPE). Patients were divided into two groups based on the presence of ≥ or <3 CVCs, arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity, presence of coronary artery disease, or atrial fibrillation.

Fathers' daily intake of fruit and vegetables is positively associated with children's fruit and vegetable consumption patterns in Europe: The Feel4Diabetes Study.

Background: Past research has focused on the relationship between mothers' and children's eating habits, although little is known about fathers as potential agents. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between fathers' and children's fruit and vegetable (FV) intake in the context of fathers' education level and family income insecurity.

Methods: Cross-sectional analysis using baseline data from the multicentre Feel4Diabetes Study were collected in 2016.

Complete eradication of chronic lymphocytic leukemia with unusual skin involvement of high mitotic index after time-limited venetoclax/obinutuzumab treatment.

The novel time-limited combinations with the bcl-2 inhibitor venetoclax can induce deep responses even in CLL cases with unusual and biologically aggressive presentations, like the skin masses of our patient.

Severe anaphylactic reaction after blue dye injection for sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast surgery: Report of two cases and literature review.

Anaphylactic reactions, and especially the severe ones (types III and IV), should be kept in mind as considerable adverse effects while using blue dyes for SLNB.

Prompt treatment of disseminated HSV-2 infection in a patient with compromised cellular immunity: A case of aborted hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis?

Recognition of unusual manifestations such as disseminated HSV or HSV-related hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis among individuals with impaired cellular immunity and prompt treatment initiation are essential for a favorable outcome.

A modified response of NAFLD patients with non-significant fibrosis in nutritional counseling according to GCKR rs1260326.

Aim: To investigate the association between GCKR gene and nutritional treatment in NAFLD-related biomarkers.

Methods: This was an open-label and single-arm clinical trial in 44 overweight or obese adults with NAFLD receiving nutritional counseling for 6 months. Nutritional data, MedDietScore, clinical, biochemical, inflammatory and oxidative stress biomarkers were evaluated before and after intervention.

Assessment of the Spatial QRS-T Angle by Vectorcardiography: Current Data and Perspectives.

The concept of the ventricular gradient (VG) was conceived in the 1930s and its calculation yielded information that was not otherwise obtainable. The VG was not utilized by clinicians at large because it was not easy to understand and its computation time-consuming. Spatial vectorcardiography is based on the concept of the VG.

The beliefs, myths, and reality surrounding the word hema (blood) from homer to the present.

All ancient nations hinged their beliefs about hema (blood) on their religious dogmas as related to mythology or the origins of religion. The Hellenes (Greeks) especially have always known hema as the well-known red fluid of the human body. Greek scientific considerations about blood date from Homeric times.