Endocrinology

Obituary of Dr. Angelo Di George

Authors: Luigi Tarani, Maria C Digilio, Bruno Dallapiccola, Donna M Mc Donald-McGinn and Bruno Marino

Drugs of abuse and the adolescent athlete

Doping with endocrine drugs is quite prevalent in amateur and professional athletes. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has a list of banned drugs for athletes who compete and a strategy to detect such drugs....

Authors: Alan D Rogol

At the end of a two-year follow-up elevated TSH levels normalize or remain unchanged in most the children with subclinical hypothyroidism

Data about the natural evolution of subclinical hypothyroidism (SH) in pediatric age are very scanty. Moreover all the available reports in both aged and young patients were based on unselected study populatio...

Authors: Filippo De Luca, Malgorzata Wasniewska, Giuseppina Zirilli, Tommaso Aversa and Teresa Arrigo

Toxic environment and obesity pandemia: Is there a relationship?

Obesity is a multi-factorial disease, resulting from genes, environment and behaviour interactions, and represents the most common metabolic disorder in the Western Hemisphere. Its prevalence has dramatically ...

Authors: Giuseppe Latini, Francesco Gallo and Lorenzo Iughetti