objective: to determine the effects of ramadan fasting on serum levels of stress neurohormones in iranian women with polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos). materials and methods: this study was a clinical trial and was performed during july 2011 (month of ramadan) in royan institute, tehran. a total of 40 women who were aged 20-40 years and known cases of pcos and had no other medical diseases were ...

objective: pcos is a multifaceted disorder with multiple potential risk factors (e.g. infertility, diabetes,cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome). pcos affects quality of life and can worsen anxiety and depression either due to the features of pcos or due to the diagnosis of a chronic disease. this study aimed to determine the risk factors of pcos in a group of patients. materials and ...

objective: polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) is the most common endocrinopathy in women of reproductive age characterized by the presence of polycystic ovaries, menstrual dysfunction and biochemical or clinical hyperandrogenism. lifestyle modification is important in treatment of obese and overweight women with pcos. this study was performed to evaluate the benefit of aerobic exercise training o...

Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogeneous disease characterized by hyperandrogenaemia, hirsutism, oligo-or amenorrhea, and anovulation. A common feature of PCOS is the accumulation of small subcortical follicles and increased ovarian stromal volume, causing a characteristic ultrasound image and a basis for the most commonly used designation for the syndrome. In order to th...

Background The prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has been studied in different populations, but their results were so controversial regarding Iranian women. These controversial data indicated the need for more investigation of MetS characteristics in PCOS patients in our population. So this study aimed to evaluate the clinical and laboratory characteris...

OBJECTIVES: Polycystic ovary syndrome is a heterogeneous endocrine disorder that affects reproductive-age women. The mechanisms underlying the endocrine heterogeneity and neuroendocrinology of polycystic ovary syndrome are still unclear. In this study, we investigated the expression of the kisspeptin system and gonadotropin-releasing hormone pulse regulators in the hypothalamus as well as facto...

Objective: We examined the relationship between insulin resistance and vascular function in three insulin resistant states (type 2 diabetes mellitus, non-HIV lipodystrophic diabetes, and non-diabetic polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)) and in healthy controls. Research Design and Methods: The population included 12 women with type 2 diabetes, 6 with lipodystrophic diabetes, 10 with polycystic ova...

The purpose of this paper is to provide a stepwise approach to treating the infertility/subfertility associated with polycystic ovary syndrome. Defining polycystic ovary syndrome in a patient requires first investigating other possible causes for polycystic ovary morphology, acne, hirsutism, obesity, and the metabolic derangements that often accompany polycystic ovary syndrome. Beginning with l...

OBJECTIVE Idiopathic hirsutism (IH) or polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are the most common causes of hirsutism which affects 5-10% of all women. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of flutamide plus diane 35 in the treatment of idiopathic hirsutism and polycystic ovary syndrome. MATERIALS AND METHODS 26 polycystic ovary syndrome and 24 idiopathic hirsutism patients were evalua...