The Weight on Sight: Exploring the Links Between Obesity and Ocular Diseases.

Obesity is a significant public health concern with escalating levels worldwide creating a variety of socioeconomic challenges and imposing a serious risk factor for a range of complications which include diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and stroke, all of which are primary causes of early death. Furthermore, there is growing evidence connecting obesity to the development of several ocular disorders. Excessive weight is a common denominator in the aetiology of many ocular pathologies such as diabetic retinopathy, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, cataract, high intraocular pressures, age-related macular degeneration, and retinal vascular diseases through the association with diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia.

Single Best Answer Questions as a Teaching Tool in Medical Education: An International Mixed-Method Comparative Evaluation.

Introduction Single Best Answer questions are an established assessment format in medical education, however, their use as a teaching tool is underexplored in the literature. We aimed to assess the effectiveness and impact of implementing Single Best Answer (SBA) questions into lecture teaching, compared to standard lectures. Methods This evaluation utilised a mixed-method retrospective approach, combining quantitative and qualitative analysis of routine teaching feedback.

Thymoquinone: A comprehensive review of its potential role as a monotherapy for metabolic syndrome.

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a widespread global epidemic that affects individuals across all age groups and presents a significant public health challenge. Comprising various cardio-metabolic risk factors, MetS contributes to morbidity and, when inadequately addressed, can lead to mortality. Current therapeutic approaches involve lifestyle changes and the prolonged use of pharmacological agents targeting the individual components of MetS, posing challenges related to cost, compliance with medications, and cumulative side effects.

Procedures from samples to sulfur isotopic data: A review.

Rationale: Sulfur isotopes have been widely used to solve some key scientific questions, especially in the last two decades with advanced instruments and analytical schemes. Different sulfur speciation and multiple isotopes analyzed in laboratories worldwide and in situ microanalysis have also been reported in many articles. However, methods of sampling to measurements are multifarious, and occasionally some inaccuracies are present in published papers.

Iron chelation and supplementation: A comparison in the management of inflammatory bowel disease using drosophila.

Aims: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is associated with systemic iron deficiency and has been managed with iron supplements which cause adverse side effects. Conversely, some reports highlight iron depletion to ameliorate IBD. The underlying intestinal response and comparative benefit of iron depletion and supplementation in IBD is unknown.