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Exercise as a promoter of neurocognitive improvement in people with psychiatric disorders and comorbid obesity: A randomized controlled trial.

Psychiatry Res

December 2024

INCLIVA - Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain; TMAP - Evaluation Unit in Personal Autonomy, Dependency and Serious Mental Disorders, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; Center for Biomedical Research in Mental Health Network (CIBERSAM), Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Teaching Unit of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. Electronic address:

Introduction: The psychiatric disorders and obesity comorbidity is related to neurocognitive impairment and inflammation. Exercise is crucial to improve and maintain healthy lifestyles. This randomized controlled trial tested the efficacy of aerobic exercise as promoter of neurocognitive improvement across psychiatric disorders with comorbid obesity (OB).

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BTC overall incidence is globally increasing. CCA, including its subtypes, is a form of BTC. MetS, obesity, MASLD, and diabetes are all linked to CCA in interconnected ways.

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Non-cancer-related risk factors for secondary lymphedema were defined across four categories: co-morbidity, social determinants of health, behavioral factors, and environmental effectors. Based on rapid reviews of the literature and presentations at the ACS/LANA Lymphedema Summit, this working group categorized these risk factors according to the strength of evidence. Consensus agreement on level of evidence was achieved through one face-to-face working session and three follow-up virtual meetings.

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Cardio-Metabolic Risk Profile of Women With Endometriosis: A Population-Based Study.

Endocrinol Diabetes Metab

November 2024

Reproductive Endocrinology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Aims: Endometriosis (EM) and metabolic disorders are frequent health problems among reproductive-aged women worldwide. Cardio-metabolic risk profile of women with EM is not well understood. We aimed to investigate the cardio-metabolic risk profile of Iranian reproductive-aged women with EM.

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  • Noninvasive tools (NITs) are crucial for assessing risks related to liver conditions and associated non-liver diseases, but their effectiveness in predicting serious health outcomes needs improvement through new techniques like proteomic enhancements, specifically using a biomarker called GDF-15.
  • In a study involving over 500,000 participants, various traditional NITs were tested for their effectiveness in predicting health issues over a median follow-up of 14 years among different population groups, including those with metabolic issues and diabetes.
  • Results showed that integrating GDF-15 into existing NITs significantly improved their ability to predict adverse outcomes, enabling researchers to identify cases more efficiently and highlighting an exponential increase in health risks at higher GDF-15
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  • * Low levels of adiponectin in obese pregnant women are associated with higher birth weights, and normalizing these levels in animal models can prevent issues like placental dysfunction and related diseases in offspring.
  • * Research suggests that increasing the expression of the adiponectin receptor 2 (Adipor2) specifically in placentas reduces nutrient transport and fetal growth, indicating that low adiponectin levels contribute to complications in pregnancies affected by maternal obesity.
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From Fetus to Eight: the CHILD Cohort Study.

Am J Epidemiol

October 2024

Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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  • - The CHILD Cohort Study is a long-term Canadian research project tracking the health and development of infants from pregnancy until adulthood, focusing on how early life environments affect disease outcomes like asthma and developmental issues.
  • - The study involves detailed measurements and data collection including biological samples, environmental assessments, and psychosocial factors, with a strong participant retention rate over the years.
  • - A sub-cohort was created during the COVID-19 pandemic to examine its impact on families, and the next major assessment phase will occur from 2022 to 2025, contributing valuable insights into chronic diseases and health complexities.
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  • - Obesity is a major global health concern, with a significant rise in deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) linked to high body mass index (BMI) from 1990 to 2021, notably increasing by over 2.5 times for both genders.
  • - The main health issues associated with high BMI in 2021 included diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, with low-middle socio-demographic index (SDI) countries experiencing the largest increase in disease burden.
  • - The findings call for urgent monitoring and intervention efforts to address the growing health impact of high BMI from 1990 to 2021, especially given the stable death rates for women and rising rates for men.
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Serum uric acid: an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease in Pakistani Punjabi patients.

BMC Cardiovasc Disord

October 2024

Diabetes and Cardio-Metabolic Disorders Lab, Health Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Jhang Road, P.O. Box. 577, Faisalabad, Pakistan.

Background: It is well-known that serum uric acid (SUA) can increase the risk of hypertension, diabetes, obesity and dyslipidemia. However, its independent association with the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is controversial particularly in different populations. Hence, this study was aimed to assess an independent association of SUA with CVD risk in a Punjabi Pakistani cohort.

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Introduction: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has emerged as a potential indicator for cardio-metabolic risk. However, clinical implications of NAFLD in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are still elusive. We investigated to explore the association between NAFLD and adverse clinical outcomes among patients with CKD.

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Long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) is associated with cardiometabolic disease; however, its role in subclinical stages of disease development is unclear. Thus, we aimed to explore this association in a cross-sectional analysis, with cardiometabolic phenotypes derived from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Phenotypes of the left (LV) and right cardiac ventricle, whole-body adipose tissue (AT), and organ-specific AT were obtained by MRI in 400 participants of the KORA cohort.

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Unveiling the comorbidity burden of male breast cancer.

Sci Rep

October 2024

EpiChron Research Group, Aragon Health Sciences Institute (IACS), IIS Aragón, Miguel Servet University Hospital, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain.

Male breast cancer (MBC) is a rare condition with unique characteristics compared to female breast cancer (FBC). Despite its scarceness, there is growing evidence that MBC should not be studied and treated as FBC due to factors like later diagnosis stage and distinct genetic makeup. Retrospective observational study in the EpiChron Cohort, selecting all the prevalent patients with breast cancer between 2010 and 2019.

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Expanding diagnostic and therapeutic horizons for MASH: Comparison of the latest and conventional therapeutic approaches.

Metabolism

December 2024

Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Section of Endocrinology, Boston VA Healthcare System, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address:

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Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with significant morbidity/mortality. AF-ablation is an increasingly used treatment. Currently, first-time AF-ablation success is 40-80% at 1-year, depending on individual factors.

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ENaC gene variants and their involvement in Covid‑19 severity.

Biomed Rep

December 2024

University Research Institute of Maternal and Child Health and Precision Medicine and UNESCO Chair on Adolescent Health Care, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.

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  • Epidemiological studies indicate a link between cardiovascular conditions and COVID-19, but the cause-and-effect relationship is unclear.
  • The study analyzed 32 cardio-metabolic traits in 60 participants divided into four groups, including controls and COVID-19 patients with varying symptom severity.
  • Rare genetic variants in the SCNN1A and SCNN1B genes were found in COVID-19 patients with mild and severe symptoms, suggesting these variants may influence genetic susceptibility to the disease.
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Background: Exposure to trauma across the life course may be associated with cardio-metabolic dysfunction during pregnancy; however, previous research has been inconsistent, particularly in highly exposed populations.

Objectives: To estimate associations between types and timing (first occurrence) of trauma exposure and hypertension experienced during pregnancy in a safety-net hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-2022.

Methods: Participants completed a 14-item trauma screener.

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Insulin Resistance in Long COVID-19 Syndrome.

J Pers Med

August 2024

Department VI-Cardiology, University Clinic of Internal Medicine and Ambulatory Care, Prevention and Cardiovascular Recovery, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 3000041 Timisoara, Romania.

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  • The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant health issues and financial losses, with certain comorbidities, like diabetes and obesity, increasing the risk of severe illness and higher mortality rates.
  • A study conducted on 143 non-diabetic patients who recovered from COVID-19 found that 30.7% developed long COVID-19 syndrome, and 75% of those patients were diagnosed with diabetes within a year.
  • The research highlighted a notable correlation between long COVID and the development of insulin resistance, particularly among patients with a higher BMI, suggesting a major risk for altered metabolic health post-infection.
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  • A study investigated long-term body weight changes in people with HIV (PWH) who switched to antiretroviral therapies containing integrase strand-transfer inhibitors (INSTIs), comparing them with those on non-INSTI therapies and people without HIV (PWOH).
  • The analysis included 3464 participants and revealed that women experienced significantly greater weight gain and increases in hip and thigh circumference after switching to INSTIs compared to men, with women gaining +3.0 kg and men +1.8 kg over 5 years.
  • The findings suggest a 2-fold higher weight change in women versus men following the switch to INSTIs, although the long-term health implications of this difference are still uncertain.
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Obesity is a risk factor for cardio-metabolic and neurological disease. The contribution of gut microbiota to derangements of the gut-brain axis in the context of obesity has been acknowledged, particularly through physiology modulation by short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs). Thus, probiotic interventions and administration of SCFAs have been employed with the purpose of alleviating symptoms in both metabolic and neurological disease.

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Introduction: given the problematic battle against cardio-metabolic diseases and the increase in computational power, different applications are being developed to help estimate overweight and obesity in the population. Objectives: to evaluate the body mass index (BMI) formula (kg/m2), taking body fat measured by bioimpedance as a reference and comparing it with variations of the same form obtained by applying algebraic transformation rules using an artificial intelligence heuristic search method. Material and methods: an artificial intelligence heuristic method was applied to search for the formula that most accurately calculates people's body fat percentage.

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Introduction: This study is a prospective comparative case series analysing the differential impacts of a therapeutic lifestyle intervention (TLI) on individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) and their caregivers. The primary objective was to assess changes across several health metrics predictive of cardio metabolic disease (CMD), fitness, and quality of life, in dyadic partners and between 2 separate cases.

Case Presentation: SCI participants and their respective caregivers, forming 10 dyads, were included in the study.

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Aim: The study aimed to investigate a lipid profile in people with normal glucose tolerance (NGT), NGT and 1hrOGTT > 8.6 mmol/l, and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT); and to assess its association with some cardio-metabolic parameters.

Material And Methods: A total of 90 subjects, of mean age 46.

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Background: Time restricted eating (TRE) is a dietary strategy that may improve metabolic health. However, no studies have compared TRE with current practice (CP) in dietetics.

Hypothesis: TRE will not be inferior to CP to improve glycaemic control in individuals at risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D).

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Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD), a nonrheumatic stenosis of the trileaflet aortic valve, is a complex, multifaceted cardiovascular condition involving a widespread inflammatory process and an analogous atheromatous process affecting the arteries. It is currently the most encountered valvular abnormality in cardiology. Although distinctive abnormal mechanical forces are at the core propelling a responsive mechanosensitive feedback cascade, implicated in both initiation and perpetuation of CAVD; we propose a conundrum of metabolic abnormalities including hypertension, elevated fasting blood sugar, decreased high-density lipoprotein, hypertriglyceridemia, and abdominal obesity as perpetuators of this process.

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Dietary fatty acids (FA) affect metabolic risk factors. The aim of this study was to explore if changes in dietary fat intake during energy restriction were associated with plasma FA composition. The study also investigated if these changes were associated with changes in liver fat, liver stiffness and plasma lipids among persons with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

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