anorexia/obesity

Pragmatic, double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized parallel-group, two-arm clinical trial (with allocation ratio 1:1), evaluating hydroxychloroquine (800 mg at 1st day, and 400 mg from day 2 to 7) for prevention of hospitalization and respiratory complications in non-hospitalized confirmed or

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious disease, caused by a novel enveloped RNA beta-coronavirus, also known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first case of this unprecedented outbreak "pneumonia of unknown etiology" was reported in Wuhan City,

At Severance Hospital, patients with cholelithiasis with symptoms of indigestion are divided into the Motilitone® and Gasmotin® groups. Provide sufficient oral and written explanation of the clinical trial and obtain consent from the patient who has revealed his willingness to participate.

AIMS OF STUDY The aim of this study is to investigate whether ingestion of curcumin will prevent hepatic insulin resistance (assessed by homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR)) induced by short-term oral glucocorticoid (prednisolone) administration in overweight and obese

The BEATLES study is an investigator-initiated, prospective, double-blinded, randomized, sham-controlled study that will assess the impact of bariatric embolization on the systemic levels of obesity-related hormones and, as a consequence, on weight loss. The goal of this study is to help treat

With the rapid development of China's economy, changes in the residents' living habits and lifestyles, increase in dietary calorie intake, and relative decrease in physical activity, the prevalence of overweight and obesity in China has increased year by year. According to the WGOC diagnostic

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) might have varied association to body weight in patients with solid cancer[1]. On one hand low body weight may reflect cancer-related anorexia and weight loss and cachectic syndrome which are associated to impaired performance status, deteriorated general

Cervical cancer is the second most frequent cancer in Mexican women, representing 16.9% of the total female population. At the National Cancer Institute of Mexico (Instituto Nacional de Cancerología), 80% cervical cancer patients arrive at locally advanced stages (IB2-IVA). Standard treatment for

INTRODUCTION Eccrine porocarcinoma (EPC), first described by Pinkus and Mehregan in 1963, is a rare form of skin cancer. Its presentations very often mimics a cutaneous lesion similar to other forms of benign and malignant cutaneous neoplasms. Accurate diagnosis, optimal treatment and prognosis of

This study will establish 1)the safety of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in a patient population with treatment refractory morbid obesity. DBS has been used safely and effectively in thousands of patients for numerous disorders. Recent evidence (outlined above) has shown that DBS can also be used to

The Readiness and Motivation Interview for Families (RMI-Family) was created as a structured interview for assessing youth and parent motivation (and within family member agreement) regarding lifestyle changes in pediatric weight management. The RMI-Family was modeled on the Readiness and Motivation

Malnutrition is characterized by a negative energy balance due to a deep skeletal muscular loss, which is itself secondary to the reduction of intake and metabolic abnormalities aggravating the loss of weight. Sarcopenia is defined as the loss of muscle mass, the consequences of which are a decrease