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Ann Med Surg (Lond)
May 2023
Department of Pediatrics, The Institute for Translational Genomics and Population Sciences, The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA.
Unlabelled: To assess the accuracy of BMI compared to directly measured dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry percent body fat (DEXA %BF) among a worker compensation population.
Methods: The agreement between BMI and DEXA %BF was assessed by the Pearson correlation coefficient among 1394 evaluable patients over a 5-year period. Sensitivity and specificity were calculated to measure how well BMI can identify true obese and nonobese individuals.
Lancet Respir Med
January 2023
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address:
Background: Interstitial lung disease is a known complication of rheumatoid arthritis, with a lifetime risk of developing the disease in any individual of 7·7%. We aimed to assess the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of pirfenidone for the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD).
Methods: TRAIL1 was a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial done in 34 academic centres specialising in interstitial lung disease in four countries (the UK, the USA, Australia, and Canada).
Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am
August 2022
Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. Electronic address:
The food we eat becomes the basic building blocks of our biology. A poor diet creates poor-functioning cells, tissues, organs, and biological systems and leads to disease. A nutrient-rich whole foods diet does the opposite.
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August 2022
Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. Electronic address:
Food is not just calories; food is information. Food is a complex array of macronutrients, vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals that upgrade or downgrade our biological software with every bite. The standard American diet lacks essential nutrients and is rich in refined flour, sugar, and inflammatory oils that drive dysbiosis, metabolic dysfunction, and chronic disease.
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