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, 2014 Background: Due to loss of functional residual capacity, morbidly obese patients are threatened by hypoxemia during anesthesia induction. To prevent hypoxemia, optimal preoxygenation is mandatory for safe anesthesia induction in morbidly obese patients ...
S. Heinrich +5 more
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Molecular Phenomics and Metagenomics of Hepatic Steatosis in Non-Diabetic Obese Women
Nature Network Boston, 2018 Hepatic steatosis is a multifactorial condition that is often observed in obese patients and is a prelude to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Here, we combine shotgun sequencing of fecal metagenomes with molecular phenomics (hepatic transcriptome and ...
L. Hoyles +34 more
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Population‐specific thresholds have not been defined for the levels of adiposity and systemic biomarkers that predict chronic health risks in people with restricted growth conditions. Here, anthropometric measures of adiposity, basal metabolic requirements, and fasted blood samples were obtained from adults with restricted growth (age 41 ± 14 ...
Lucy H. Merrell +7 more
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Obesity, disability, and the labor force [PDF]
Men of prime working age have increased their non-employment rates over the past 30 years, and disability rates have also increased. Many have noted that this increase has happened against a backdrop of generally improving health in the U.S.
Kristin F. Butcher, Kyung H. Park
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Perception of Moderation in Dietary Behaviors [PDF]
, 2017 The objective of this study is to understand what the general population perceives as dietary moderation, in relation to recommendations. It is hypothesized that the majority of respondents’ perceptions of moderate intake will be over- or underestimated ...
Malquist, Alexis +2 more
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‘This growing genetic disaster’: obesogenic mothers, the obesity ‘epidemic’ and the persistence of eugenics [PDF]
, 2013 In this era of ever-increasing emphasis on personal responsibility the 'obesity epidemic', officialised in global health warnings, threatens to swamp the West with the consequences of overindulgence.
Cain, Ruth
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Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.Histologic assessment of pancreatic tissues using the H&E method (Scale bar = 100 μm. Images were captured at 400×). A high‐sucrose diet induced structural damage in pancreatic tissue, whereas empagliflozin treatment markedly improved these histological alterations.
Emad Gholami +7 more
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Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2018 Background: In high-fat diet-fed mice, interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) has been shown to play a key role in hepatic steatosis. However, it remains unknown whether IL-1 beta could be associated with different grades of steatosis in obese humans.
Leon F Palomera +5 more
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The Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Diabetic Retinopathy: Good, Bad, or Both? [PDF]
, 2016 Bariatric surgery, initially intended as a weight-loss procedure, is superior to standard lifestyle intervention and pharmacological therapy for type 2 diabetes in obese individuals.
Docherty, NG, Gorman, DM, Le Roux, CW
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Cytokine pathways driving diverse tissue pathologies in rheumatoid arthritis
Arthritis &Rheumatology, Accepted Article.Rheumatoid arthritis is a complex systemic disorder characterised primarily by articular inflammation and destruction with associated functional loss and reduced quality of life. RA is also associated with extra‐articular disease e.g. of the lung with potentially devastating clinical consequences.
Aurelie Najm +2 more
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