Enabling Value Co-Creation in Healthcare through Blockchain Technology.

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need to manage complex relations within the healthcare ecosystem. The role of new technologies in achieving this goal is a topic of current interest. Among them, blockchain technology is experiencing widespread application in the healthcare context.

Characterization of the gut-liver-muscle axis in cirrhotic patients with sarcopenia.

Background & Aim: Sarcopenia is frequent in cirrhosis and is associated with unfavourable outcomes. The role of the gut-liver-muscle axis in this setting has been poorly investigated. The aim of this study was to identify gut microbiota, metabolic and inflammatory signatures associated with sarcopenia in cirrhotic patients.

Dietary intake of trace elements, minerals, and vitamins of patients on chronic hemodialysis.

Purpose: We aimed to estimate dietary intakes of trace elements, minerals, and vitamins in hemodialysis patients (HDP) of three centers in one metropolitan and two urban areas of Italy.

Methods: Daily dietary intake was assessed using a 3-day diet diary in 128 HDP.

Results: Mean daily intakes of trace elements were as follows: zinc, 7.

Dietary intake of macronutrients and fiber in Mediterranean patients on chronic hemodialysis.

Background: We aimed to measure the dietary intake of calories, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and fiber in patients on chronic hemodialysis (HD) at 3 centers in 1 metropolitan and 2 urban areas of Italy, and to evaluate whether it met the dietary guidelines for cardiovascular risk reduction.

Methods: Daily dietary intake was assessed through a 3-day diet diary in 128 HD patients at the hemodialysis units of the Catholic University of Rome, Hospital A. Murri of Jesi and Hospital Principe di Piemonte of Senigallia, Italy.

L-folic acid supplementation in healthy postmenopausal women: effect on homocysteine and glycolipid metabolism.

Context: Hyperhomocysteinemia as well as alterations of glycemic and lipidic metabolism are recognized as risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the effect of L-folic acid supplementation on homocysteine (Hcy) and related thiols, such as cysteine (Cys) and Cys-glycine (Cys-Glyc) pathways and their relationship to glucose, insulin, and lipidic metabolism in normoinsulinemic postmenopausal women.

Design: This study was a randomized placebo, not double-blind, trial.