November 2010

Effect of drug sample availability on physician prescribing behavior: A systematic review

The purpose of this investigation was to systematically review and assess the influence of the pharmaceutical industry on physician prescribing. MEDLINE, PubMed and WebSPIRS were searched using the following terms: sample closet, drug samples, sample medications, sample medication utilization, sample dispensing, drug sample availability, drug industry, legislation drug samples, drug promotion, prescribing behaviour and...

Author(s): Rugmini Warrier, Michael S. Monaghan, Anna Maio, Kathryn Huggett and Eugene Rich

November 2010

The relationship between plasma omentin-1 levels and insulin resistance in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetıc women

In addition to its role in energy storage, adipose tissue produces several hormones and cytokines termed adipokines that have widespread effects on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. Omentin-1 is a newly identified adipokine that is highly and selectively expressed in visceral adipose tissue relative to subcutaneous adipose tissue. In some recent studies, it was shown to be decreased in obese and in insulin resistant...

Author(s): G. Gürsoy,  N. G. Kırnap, O. EÅŸbah, Y. Acar, B. DemirbaÅŸ, S. Akçayöz and A. Öztürk