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This study is a longitudinal cohort follow-up study. The main contents include:
(1) Questionnaire design: the questionnaire is designed according to the research contents and purposes. The standard questionnaires will be used to collect the general information, dietary habits, lifestyle, medical
Design: Retrospective cohort study that will review the data of patients seen in participating centers with a confirmed or probable diagnosis of COVID-19 between March and April 2020. Those patients who test positive for nasopharyngeal exudate for SARS-CoV-2 will be considered a confirmed case using
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC) affect principally the gut, causing symptoms that alter intestinal motility, with a multifactorial etiology. The pharmacological and nutritional treatment varies according to the symptoms and activity of each patient. The most commonly used
Approximately 11% of individuals with untreated prediabetes progress to diabetes every year. Reversion to normal blood glucose concentrations reduces the incidence of diabetes by 56%. Healthy eating patterns such as the DASH and the Mediterranean Diet have shown that high intakes of fruits,
Over one million infants are born to HIV-1-infected women every year in Sub Saharan Africa. In Zimbabwe, annual births stand at 379,000 with approximately 48,000 infants being born every year to HIV-1-infected women on lifelong highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Concerns have been
Short-term interventions that use very low-calorie ketogenic diets and meal replacements may be prescribed for selected overweight or obese patients with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes. Few, inconsistent data are available on protein intake from various sources on body weight, the composition of gut
The "strong pulse disease" was treated by acupuncture, phlebotomy and leeches from 2600 to c. Modern history began when in 1628 William Harvey described the circulatory system and in 1733 stephen hales made the first blood pressure measurement. In 1896 was recognized as a clinical entity, thanks to
The Chinese Healthy Heart Diet (CHH-diet) is a study in the DECIDE project (Diet, ExerCIse and carDiovascular hEalth), which includes five studies. The others are DECIDE - Exercise, DECIDE - Salt in Elderly, DECIDE - Obesity in Children, and DECIDE - Smart Living. The primary aim of this study is to
Background and significance:
The human ether-a-go-go-related gene (HERG) encodes Kv11.1 voltage-gated potassium channels throughout different parts of the human body including the heart, pancreas and intestine. Potassium channels are important for ending the depolarization by causing repolarization
Proposed research:
This pilot study will evaluate the potential efficacy and feasibility of risk factor modification in patients with a known history of symptomatic paroxysmal and persistent AFIB (in sinus rhythm) by implementing current evidence-based lifestyle recommendations as well as gain an
Until recently, the only treatment shown to improve strength and preserve ambulation in DMD patients was the use of glucocorticoids, which are accompanied by significant side effects including obesity, cushingoid features, osteoporosis, and behavioral disturbances. Spironolactone is an aldosterone
Background: Heart failure (HF) is a clinical syndrome characterized by typical symptoms and signs caused by structural and/or functional cardiac abnormalities, resulting in a reduced cardiac output and/or elevated intra-cardiac pressures at rest or during stress. The prevalence of HF is
STUDY OBJECTIVES AND ENDPOINTS
Primary objective
To determine if wearing a weight vest with 11 % of an individual's body weight for 3 weeks decreases body weight in obese study subjects.
Secondary objective
To determine if wearing a weight vest with 11 % of an individual's body weight for 3 weeks
The primary aims of the pilot study are to streamline the infrastructure, machinery, and clinical experience with the balloon before the start of the randomized trial. The inclusion and exclusion criteria, and measurement points will be similar for the two studies.
The primary endpoints of the pilot