Editorial
In this issue of Hormones, Dr. Dimitrios Linos has written a comprehensive review on adrenal incidentalomas, for which he proposes the more economical term “adrenalomas”. The management of these incidentally discovered, common masses has many controversies stemming from the fact that a minute proportion of them can be malignant …
Dimitrios A. Linos
The management of adrenalomas should include the following: 1. A detailed history and physical examination to detect subtle evidence of hormonal hypersecretion or the possibility of metastatic carcinoma…
Konstantinos Makrilakis, Nikolaos Katsilambros
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is one of the most costly and burdensome chronic diseases of our time and a condition that is increasing in epidemic proportions worldwide. Its complications are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality and a tremendous economic burden to the society. Effective prevention programs are therefore urgently needed…
Leonidas H Duntas, Constantinos Parisis
The aim of this review is to provide an update on drug abuse by athletes, their mode of action and the technical difficulties of detection. The most common doping agents are the anabolic steroids (AS), testosterone derivatives modified to take advantage of the anabolic rather than the androgenic properties of the hormone…