Publications by authors named "G Larisa Maier"
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- Vitamin D is key for healthy bones and muscles, and its deficiency can lead to worse outcomes in patients facing total joint arthroplasty (TJA), including increased risk for infections.
- *Recent research assessed vitamin D levels in 249 patients scheduled for revision total joint arthroplasty (rTJA), revealing that 81% of those not taking vitamin D supplements had insufficient levels.
- *Key findings indicate that patients who take vitamin D regularly have higher levels, and factors such as BMI and smoking may contribute to vitamin D deficiency in those not supplementing.
Too good to be true: Are GLP-1 receptor agonists the new metformin?
J Diabetes Complications
October 2024
Recently, a health-care database study showed that persons with type 2 diabetes taking GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) had a significantly lower risk of 10 out of 13 obesity-related cancers than patients taking insulin (Wang L, et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 7: e2421305).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInsufficient energy intake to meet energy expenditure demands of physical activity can result in systemic neuroendocrine and metabolic abnormalities in activity-dependent anorexia and relative energy deficiency in sport (REDs). REDs affects >40% of athletes, yet the lack of underlying molecular changes has been a hurdle to have a better understanding of REDs and its treatment. To assess the molecular changes in response to energy deficiency, we implemented the "exercise-for-food" paradigm, in which food reward size is determined by wheel-running activity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVirtual meetings are widespread in organizations despite being perceived as fatiguing; a phenomenon also known as Zoom fatigue. Research suggests that Zoom fatigue is stronger when the camera is on, potentially influencing individuals to conform to majority opinions during professional online meetings. Two preregistered studies were conducted to explore the relationships between camera use, Zoom fatigue, social presence, and conformity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCircadian rhythms, governed by the dominant central clock, in addition to various peripheral clocks, regulate almost all biological processes, including sleep-wake cycles, hormone secretion and metabolism. In certain contexts, the regulation and function of the peripheral oscillations can be decoupled from the central clock. However, the specific mechanisms underlying muscle-intrinsic clock-dependent modulation of muscle function and metabolism remain unclear.
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