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Long-term effectiveness, outcomes and complications of bariatric surgery
World J Clin Cases. 2023 Jul 6;11(19):4504-4512. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i19.4504.ABSTRACTDietary imbalance and overeating can lead to an increasingly widespread disease - obesity. Aesthetic considerations aside, obesity is defined as an excess of adipose tissue that can lead to serious health problems and can predispose to a number of pathological changes and clinical diseases, including diabetes; hypertension; atherosclerosis; coronary artery disease and stroke; obstructive sleep apnea; depression; weight-related arthropathies and endometrial and breast cancer. A body weight 20% above ideal for age, gender and height is a...
Source: Atherosclerosis - July 20, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Milena Gulinac Dimitrina Georgieva Miteva Monika Peshevska-Sekulovska Ivan P Novakov Svetozar Antovic Milena Peruhova Violeta Snegarova Plamena Kabakchieva Yavor Assyov Georgi Vasilev Metodija Sekulovski Snezhina Lazova Latchezar Tomov Tsvetelina Velikova Source Type: research

Net benefit of diagnostic tests for multistate diseases: an indicator variables approach
J Biopharm Stat. 2023 Jan 29:1-28. doi: 10.1080/10543406.2023.2169928. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA limitation of the common measures of diagnostic test performance, such as sensitivity and specificity, is that they do not consider the relative importance of false negative and false positive test results, which are likely to have different clinical consequences. Therefore, the use of classification or prediction measures alone to compare diagnostic tests or biomarkers can be inconclusive for clinicians. Comparing tests on net benefit can be more conclusive because clinical consequences of misdiagnoses are considered. Th...
Source: Atherosclerosis - January 30, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Hani Samawi Ferdous Ahmed Gene Pennello Jingjing Yin Source Type: research

Health benefits of astaxanthin against age-related diseases of multiple organs: A comprehensive review
Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2022 Jun 16:1-66. doi: 10.1080/10408398.2022.2084600. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAge-related diseases are associated with increased morbidity in the past few decades and the cost associated with the treatment of these age-related diseases exerts a substantial impact on social and health care expenditure. Anti-aging strategies aim to mitigate, delay and reverse aging-associated diseases, thereby improving quality of life and reducing the burden of age-related pathologies. The natural dietary antioxidant supplementation offers substantial pharmacological and therapeutic effects against various dise...
Source: Atherosclerosis - June 16, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Phaniendra Alugoju V K D Krishna Swamy Naga Venkata Anusha Anthikapalli Tewin Tencomnao Source Type: research