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Vomiting and weight loss [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1997
Accepted 28 February 1996 A 25-year-old woman presented with a history of burning in the epigastrium, delayed postprandial vomiting and a weight loss of 5 kg over six months. There was no history of any gastrointestinal bleeding, altered bowel habits, fever, anorexia, respiratory symptoms, or treatment for tuberculosis.
K, Vazifdar, A, Nagral, S, Krishnamurthy, S, Nagral   +3 more
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Preventing Peterson’s space hernia using a BIO synthetic mesh

BMC Surgery, 2021
Background Internal hernias occur after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB) when small bowel herniates into the intermesenteric spaces that have been created. The closure technique used is related to the internal hernia risks outcomes.
Adam Skidmore, Edo O. Aarts
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Significant symptom resolution of spinal lipomatosis with weight loss

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
71‐year‐old male with epidural spinal lipomatosis and spondylolisthesis. Conservative treatment failed, and a spinal fusion and laminectomy were performed.
Treah Haggerty, Savannah Milligan, Laura Davisson, Megan Cavrak, Riley Imlay, Cara Sedney   +5 more
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Clinical Diagnostic Value of Gastroscopy, High-resolution Esophageal Manometry and Upper Gastrointestinal Contrast Examination for Hiatal Hernia in Metabolic Syndrome: a Comparative Analysis [PDF]

Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2022
Background There is no a gold standard examination method for the diagnosis of hiatal hernia in patients with metabolic syndrome. Improving the preoperative detection rate of hiatal hernia is of great significance for formulating an appropriate surgical ...
LI Xin, AIKEBAIER· Aili, ALIMUJIANG· Maisiyiti, WANG Zhi, JIANG Yuan, YIBITIHAER· Maimaitiaili, KELIMU· Abudureyimu
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A gender-sensitised weight loss and healthy living programme for overweight and obese men delivered by Scottish Premier League football clubs (FFIT):a pragmatic randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2014
Background: The prevalence of male obesity is increasing but few men take part in weight loss programmes. We assessed the effect of a weight loss and healthy living programme on weight loss in football (soccer) fans.
White, Alan, Leishman, Jim, Donnan, Peter T, Rauchhaus, Petra, Gray, Cindy M., Lieshman, Jim, Wyke, S, Treweek, S, Grieve, E, Brady, Adrian, Grieve, Eleanor, Brady, A, Donnan, PT, Anderson, AS, Anderson, Annie S, Gray, CM, Treweek, Shaun, Donnan, Peter T.; id_orcid, Rauchhaus, P, Fenwick, Elisabeth, Fenwick, E, Bunn, Christopher, Leishman, J, Miller, E, Mutrie, N, White, A, Gray, Cindy, Hunt, K, Hunt, Kate, Anderson, Annie S., Mutrie, Nanette, Miller, Euan, Gray, Cindy M, Wyke, Sally, Anderson, Annie S.; id_orcid, Donnan, Peter T., Bunn, C   +36 more
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Prevalence of reflux esophagitis in obese Japanese undergoing bariatric surgery

JGH Open, 2020
Background Currently, the data on the relationship between obesity and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in Asian populations are scarce. Methods The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of reflux esophagitis (RE) among obese Japanese ...
Kodai Takahashi, Yosuke Seki, Kazunori Kasama, Manabu Amiki, Satoshi Baba, Masayoshi Ito, Tatsuro Tanaka, Eiji Kanehira   +7 more
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Integrative genomic analyses in adipocytes implicate DNA methylation in human obesity and diabetes

Nature Communications, 2023
DNA methylation variations are prevalent in human obesity but evidence of a causative role in disease pathogenesis is limited. Here, we combine epigenome-wide association and integrative genomics to investigate the impact of adipocyte DNA methylation ...
Liam McAllan, Damir Baranasic, Sergio Villicaña, Scarlett Brown, Weihua Zhang, Benjamin Lehne, Marco Adamo, Andrew Jenkinson, Mohamed Elkalaawy, Borzoueh Mohammadi, Majid Hashemi, Nadia Fernandes, Nathalie Lambie, Richard Williams, Colette Christiansen, Youwen Yang, Liudmila Zudina, Vasiliki Lagou, Sili Tan, Juan Castillo-Fernandez, James W. D. King, Richie Soong, Paul Elliott, James Scott, Inga Prokopenko, Inês Cebola, Marie Loh, Boris Lenhard, Rachel L. Batterham, Jordana T. Bell, John C. Chambers, Jaspal S. Kooner, William R. Scott   +32 more
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Obesity and Weight Loss [PDF]

European Cardiology Review, 2018
The entire world is becoming overweight. Most people are motivated to try to lose weight for cosmetic reasons. Weight loss can decrease health risk factors and possibly improve prognosis. Weight loss can be difficult in people who are trying to stop smoking, as they tend to gain weight.
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Smokeless Weight Loss [PDF]

Diabetes, 2012
Smoking and obesity are two leading causes of chronic disease in the developed world. Given that the combined impact of these factors on health can be especially deleterious, it is somewhat ironic that smoking is known to have beneficial effects on body weight; smoking is one of the easiest and most reliable approaches to weight loss, at least for low ...
Novak, Colleen M., Gavini, Chaitanya K.
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Words matter: a qualitative investigation of which weight status terms are acceptable and motivate weight loss when used by health professionals [PDF]

, 2011
<p><b>Background:</b> Obesity prevalence is increasing, which is a major public health concern due to increased risks of associated morbidity.
Benzeval, Michaela, Michaela Benzeval, Gray, Cindy M., Lorimer Karen, Karen Lorimer, Anderson Annie S, Hunt, K., Sally Wyke, Annie S Anderson, Gray Cindy M, Wyke, S., Hunt Kate, Anderson, Annie S, Wyke Sally, Anderson, A.S., Lorimer, Karen, Cindy M Gray, Gray, C.M., Hunt, Kate, Anderson, Annie S., Benzeval, M., Gray, Cindy M, Wyke, Sally, Benzeval Michaela, Lorimer, K., Anderson, Annie S.; id_orcid, Kate Hunt   +26 more
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