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Association Between Metabolic Syndrome and Decline in Cognitive Function: A Cross-Sectional Study
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Dave Medical Press Limited,
, 2023 , Article)
Aim: We investigated whether metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with a decline in cognitive function in a cohort of middle-aged and elderly individuals without known cognitive dysfunction diseases in Qatar. Methods: ...
The impact of prior obesity surgery on glucose metabolism after body contouring surgery: A pilot study.
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Europe PMC
, 2023 , Article)
Body contouring surgery enhances physical appearance by means of surgical subcutaneous fat removal (SSFR). However, it remains unclear how SSFR may affect glucose metabolism and its broader effects on the endocrine system, ...
Validation of Doi's weighted average glucose as a measure of post-load glucose excursion for clinical use.
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Biomolecules and Biomedicine
, 2023 , Article)
In this study, we examined the performance of a novel index of glucose excursion (Doi’s weighted average glucose [dwAG]) in relation to the conventional measure of area under the oral glucose tolerance test (A-GTT) and the ...
Prevalence and global trends of polypharmacy in patients with chronic liver disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis
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Wolters Kluwer Health
, 2023 , Article)
Background: Despite its central role in drug metabolism, the exact prevalence estimates and factors affecting global trends of polypharmacy in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) have remained unexamined. The aim of ...
Chronic Wound Healing Models
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
, 2023 , Article)
In this paper, we review and analyze the commonly available wound healing models reported in the literature and discuss their advantages and issues, considering their relevance and translational potential to humans. Our ...
Selective Activation of G protein-coupled Estrogen Receptor 1 Attenuates Atherosclerosis.
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Bentham Science Publishers
, 2023 , Article Review)
Atherosclerosis remains a leading contributor to cardiovascular disease-associated morbidity and mortality. Interestingly, the death rate is higher in men than women from atherosclerosis, and the risk increases for ...
Drug Repurposing in Vasculo-metabolic Diseases
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Bentham Science Publishers
, 2023 , Other)
Drug repurposing or repositioning is an approach that seeks to maximize the use of existing drugs by identifying
new indications other than the ones for which the drug was initially conceived [1-5]. This approach has been ...
Intake of Caffeine Containing Sugar Diet Remodels Gut Microbiota and Perturbs Drosophila melanogaster Immunity and Lifespan
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
The diet-microbiome-immunity axis is one among the many arms that draw up the “we are what we intake” proclamation. As such, studies on the effect of food and beverage intake on the gut environment and microbiome and on ...
Effects of Trehalose Administration in Patients with Mucopolysaccharidosis Type III.
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Europe PMC
, 2023 , Article)
Mucopolysaccharidosis type III (MPS III) is a rare autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease (LSD) caused by a deficiency of lysosomal enzymes required for the catabolism of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), mainly in the ...
Nicolau syndrome following Intramuscular Diclofenac Injection: a case report and review of the literature.
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Oxford University Press
, 2023 , Article)
Nicolau syndrome (NS), also referred as embolia cutis medicamentosa and livedo-like dermatitis, is an uncommon complication followed by drugs administered intramuscularly, intraarticularly or subcutaneously. In this case ...