Sleeve Gastrectomy Reduces Glycemia but Does Not Affect Cognitive Impairment in Lean 5xFAD Mice.

Obesity and hyperglycemia are risk factors for cognitive decline and for the development of Alzheimer's Disease (AD). Bariatric surgery is an effective treatment for obesity that was shown to improve cognitive decline in obese patients. Bariatric surgery was shown to exert weight loss independent effects on metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes.

Treatment of refractory irritable bowel syndrome with visceral osteopathy: short-term and long-term results of a randomized trial.

Objective: In light of the low efficiency of available drugs in treating irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), there has been a growing interest in its alternative therapies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of visceral osteopathy for IBS.

Methods: In total, 31 consecutive refractory IBS patients were prospectively included in a randomized, crossover placebo-controlled study.

[Severe forms of chikungunya virus infection in a pediatric intensive care unit on Reunion Island].

Unlabelled: In 2005-2006, an unexpected, massive outbreak of chikungunya occurred on Reunion Island, a French overseas territory in the Indian Ocean. This arboviral infection transmitted by a mosquito of the Aedes genus is usually benign. A surprising feature of the Reunion Island epidemic was the occurrence of rare severe forms involving adults as well as children.

[Chikungunya in paediatrics: epidemic of 2005-2006 in Saint-Denis, Reunion Island].

Unlabelled: During the southern-hemispheric 2005-2006 summer, Reunion Island was struck by an epidemic of Chikungunya (Chik), which affected more than a third of the overall population.

Objectives: Our objective was to describe pediatric cases of Chick.

Material And Methods: We conducted a retrospective descriptive monocentric study of confirmed pediatric cases of Chik recruited at Saint-Denis' departmental hospital during the peak of the epidemic (January 1st to April 30th 2006).

Mother-to-child transmission of Chikungunya virus infection.

Background: In 2005-2006 Reunion Island experienced a massive outbreak of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne alphavirus infection. During this epidemic, early neonatal cases were observed with a highly probable mother-to-child transmission.

Methods: A retrospective descriptive study was conducted in 5 neonatal medicine departments.