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BMC Endocr Disord 2023 Sep 26;23(1):206. Epub 2023 Sep 26.

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kashan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Kashan, Iran.

Background: The predisposition of humans to metabolic syndrome is affected by many factors, including diet and lifestyle. Fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols (FODMAPs) are a set of carbohydrates that are fermented by gut microbiota. In animal studies, supplementation with FODMAP-rich diets as prebiotics can alter body composition and gut microbiota. Read More

BMC Endocr Disord 2023 Sep 26;23(1):207. Epub 2023 Sep 26.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetric & Gynecologic Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

Background: This multi-center, cross-sectional study intended to explore the prevalence and risk factors of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Methods: Patients who met the PCOS Rotterdam diagnostic criteria were enrolled in 6 centers in China, and age-matched healthy volunteers were also recruited. Data were collected including medical history, physical characteristics, and blood tests (liver function, blood lipids, blood glucose and insulin, sex hormones, etc. Read More

Transplant Proc 2023 Sep 24. Epub 2023 Sep 24.

The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Public Health Sciences, Hershey, Pennsylvania; The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey Medical Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Background: The prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NASH) and cryptogenic cirrhosis (CC) is constantly increasing in adolescents and young adults (AYAs).

Methods: In a retrospective UNOS database evaluation, we analyzed postoperative outcomes of AYAs with nonalcoholic NASH/CC undergoing LT between January 1, 2003 and March 5, 2021. After exclusions, 85,970 LT recipients, 393 (47. Read More

BMJ Case Rep 2023 Sep 26;16(9). Epub 2023 Sep 26.

ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, Sri Ramachandra University Medical College, Chennai, India

Bartter's syndrome (BS) is a rare group of hereditary salt losing tubulopathies due to impairment of renal transport mechanism. Herein, we report a boy in early childhood who was diagnosed to have infantile Bartter's syndrome. Laboratory investigations revealed hypokalaemia and metabolic alkalosis which was managed with oral potassium chloride supplementation. Read More

J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv 2023 Sep 27:1-8. Epub 2023 Sep 27.

The current quasi-experimental study explored the effects of Baduanjin qigong on body mass index (BMI) and five metabolic indexes in people with schizophrenia. Inclusion criteria were body mass index >25 kg/m or metabolic syndrome. Twenty-two service users were recruited from a psychiatric center and were assigned to the experimental group (EG) or control group (CG) using blocked randomization. Read More