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Kidney cancer is one of the ten most common malignancies, and the incidence is increasing in recent year. From Hong Kong Cancer Registry, there was about 670 new cases diagnosed in 2016, and had been increased by 46% compared to 2007. The rapid increase in incidence is partly due to the greater
Preeclampsia is a multisystem disorder that complicates 3-5% of pregnancies and remains a major cause of maternal, fetal, and neonatal morbidity and mortality.(1)
Preeclampsia is characterized by the development of new onset hypertension (HTN) and the establishment of proteinuria. Other signs and
Most patients with Metastatic/unresectable Gastrointestinal stromal tumors will progress on the treatment of tyrosine kinase inhibitor(TKI) including Imatinib and Sunitinib.
Entacapone and imatinib can each inhibit the role of v-kit Hardy-Zuckerman 4 feline sarcoma viral oncogene homolog(KIT) which
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To determine whether MS is associated with intramuscular lipid accumulation and impaired skeletal muscle metabolism and perfusion in human PAH.
Rationale: MS and IR are highly prevalent amongst PAH patients even in the absence of obesity and diabetes. There are several lines of evidence in
The aim of the study is to assess changes in substrate kinetics, that is, lipolytic rate, rate of appearance and disappearance of free fatty acids, fatty acid oxidation, glucose rate of appearance and disappearance and protein synthesis and degradation during rest and exercise with and without IL-6
Double-blind controlled pre-post trial where each subject acts as his own control.
Three measurement sessions will be performed for each teenager. Each session will be conducted over a week. Each teenager will participate in three protein enrichment sessions: PROT1 session, PROT2 session, and
Several biochemical mechanisms explaining how Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) provides an effective treatment for obesity associated type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and improves hyperglycemia independently of weight loss have been proposed. Two are of particular interest; a) the hindgut hypothesis
Obesity is a major health problem affecting over 1.7 billion people. Obesity is defined as excess body weight due to abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health. A crude popular measure of obesity is the body mass index (BMI), a person's weight (in kilograms) divided by the
This is a randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled intervention trial investigating preeclampsia, defined according to the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE). The population of interest involves women attending the study hospital for antenatal care and delivery with a risk for
At the Centro Hospitalar do Porto (Reference Centre for the treatment of Inherited Metabolic Diseases) the annual nutritional status evaluation routinely generates data on anthropometry, body composition, blood pressure, nutritional intake and clinical biochemistry. Since 2009, all this information
Palmitoleic acid (POA) is a monounsaturated fatty acid that has recently been shown to function as a lipokine and is present in the human diet and in blood serum. While there is emerging evidence that POA can positively impact beta cell proliferation, reduce lipogenesis, support endothelial
This is a single center study involving diet intervention, including healthy obese and healthy normal weight participants. Participants will maintain their normal diet for 1 week, eat a high fat and high calorie diet for 1 week, return to their normal diet for 1 week, and eat a low fat and low
Overweight and obesity increase the risk of developing several diseases having a negative effect on people's health. The prevalence of these conditions is increasing worldwide, but successful treatments are lacking. As excess body weight is a result of an imbalance between calories in and calories
According to the National Sleep Foundation, 13% of U.S. adults were reported to sleep 6 hours or less per weeknight in 2001. Eight years later, the number increased to 20%. Also, the proportion of people experiencing a sleep problem (e.g. difficulties in initiating or maintaining sleep) several
After consumption of a meal, pancreatic secretions of various digestive enzymes results in the breakdown of carbohydrates into monosaccharides including glucose. These sugars are subsequently absorbed through the intestinal lumen, resulting in an increased plasma glucose concentration. In response