Obesity is becoming a global epidemic in both children and adults. It is associated with
numerous comorbidities such as cardiovascular diseases (CVD), type 2 diabetes …

Carcinoid tumors were first described over 100 years ago by Lubarsch, who found multiple
tumors in the distal ileum of two patients at autopsy. 1 The term karzinoide was used by …

Background Dravet syndrome is a rare, treatment-resistant developmental epileptic
encephalopathy characterised by multiple types of frequent, disabling seizures …

Importance Fenfluramine treatment may reduce monthly convulsive seizure frequency in
patients with Dravet syndrome who have poor seizure control with their current stiripentol …

Recent clinical trials demonstrating that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) does not
prevent coronary heart disease in women have again raised doubts concerning …

The 5-HT2A receptor is thought to be the primary target for psilocybin (4-phosphoryloxy-N, N-
dimethyltryptamine) and other serotonergic hallucinogens (psychedelic drugs). Although a …

Background—Serotonergic medications with various mechanisms of action are used to treat
psychiatric disorders and are being investigated as treatments for drug dependence. The …

Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) constitute a heterogeneous group of neoplasms that
originate from endocrine glands such as the pituitary, the parathyroids, and the …

Background Case reports and echocardiographic studies suggest that the ergot-derived
dopamine agonists pergolide and cabergoline, used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease …

Long‐term pharmacotherapy for obesity and overweight - Padwal, RS - 2003 | Cochrane
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