Publications by authors named "M Symonds"
Objectives: The survival rate of people with HIV admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) is approaching that of people without HIV. We conducted a matched-cohort study of people with and without HIV admitted to ICU at a large hospital to compare short-term mortality, during 2000-2019.
Methods: People with HIV were matched to people without HIV (1:2) on age, sex, admission year and Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE)-II score.
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of long-term intermittent fasting (IF) on body composition and cardiometabolic health in adults with overweight and obesity. PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus were searched from inception to March 2024 to identify original randomized trials that investigated the effects of IF versus either a control diet (CON) and/or continuous caloric restriction (CR). Participants were adults with overweight and obesity and intervention durations were ≥ 6 months.
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- Researchers studied 5013 museum bird skins from 78 Australian species to investigate how climate change affects body size and shape in birds.
- Findings revealed that birds are adapting to warming climates by increasing appendage sizes (like bill and wing length) while overall body size tends to decrease, supporting existing theories about climate-induced morphological changes.
- The study also noted complex, short-term responses to temperature increases, showing that while appendage sizes might decrease after heatwaves, the long-term trends indicate broader adaptive strategies across various bird types.
Objectives: Partner notification (PN) is a key component of sexually transmitted infection control. British Association for Sexual Health and HIV guidelines now recommend partner-centred PN outcomes using a five-category partner classification (established, new, occasional, one-off, sex worker). We evaluated the reporting of partner-centred PN outcomes in two contrasting UK sexual health services.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOur meta-analysis, encompassing 30 studies with 46,976 subjects, aimed to explore the impact of fat mass and obesity-associated protein (FTO) genotypes on weight response to exercise and dietary interventions in overweight and obese adults. Electronic databases including PubMed and Google Scholar were searched from 2020 to September 2023 to identify relevant studies. Results revealed a significant reduction in body weight among individuals with the FTO risk allele following exercise and diet interventions (standardized mean difference [SMD] = - 0.
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