Consumption of Barley Bread Rich in Beta-Glucan During an Overfeeding Improves the Serum Lipid Profile and Balances the Intestinal Microbiota in Wistar Rats.

Unlabelled: This paper aims to study the preventive effect of barley consumption on lipid disorders associated to obesity during a high-fat-diet. In this study, Eighteen (18) male Wistar rats (142.63 ± 5 g) were divided into 3 equal groups.

Comparison of a fluorometric assay kit with high-performance liquid chromatography for the assessment of serum retinol concentration.

Background: Although high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is the commonly used method for the analysis of retinol in biological samples, simple and rapid test kits are available.

Objectives: This study compared a rapid test kit (ICHECK Fluoro®) to HPLC for the assessment of serum retinol concentrations.

Methods: For the analysis by HPLC, sample preparation included standard deproteinization and extraction phases.

[Socio-demographic characteristics and health status of patients at a free-of-charge outpatient clinic in Paris].

Purpose: In the context of the French National Health Service, a free access to healthcare facilities (the PASS: "permanence d'accès aux soins de santé") has been implanted in 2000 for patients without health insurance or those dealing with financial hardship. There is few data about socio-demographic characteristics of the patients using these services. The objective of this study was to provide descriptive data about socio-demographic characteristics and motivation of those patients who use these clinics.

Depression prevalence and primary care among vulnerable patients at a free outpatient clinic in Paris, France, in 2010: results of a cross-sectional survey.

Background: Data on the prevalence of depression and on how a depressive episode prompts the sufferer to seek primary care are not scarce, but the available evidence on the prevalence of depression among immigrants and poor people who frequent general practice facilities is scarce. The Baudelaire Outpatient Clinic at the Saint-Antoine Hospital in Paris provides free medical and social assistance to the poor and/or uninsured. The goal of our study was to estimate the prevalence of depression among these outpatients, to characterize this depressed population, and to analyze its demand for primary care for depressive episodes.

[Health of immigrant population of consultants at the Baudelaire outpatient clinic in Saint-Antoine hospital in Paris, France].

Social and health data on the immigrant population remain scarce in France, especially concerning those in irregular situation. The Baudelaire outpatient clinic in Saint- Antoine hospital in Paris (PASS, i.e.