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Recruitment of 60 patients with the diagnosis NAFLD from clinics in Rabin Medical center, aged 18-65. Two study groups- Mediterranean Diet and Paleolithic Diet The dietitian will assign randomly for the study groups, and will assess diet adherence within 6 weeks of the trial and in its end- after 3

The study aims are: - Task 1: pathophysiological characterization of CFRD with assessment of the relative contribution of the insulin resistance and the β-cellular secretion impairment through the use of a Minimum Model applied to OGTT for the evaluation of insulin sensitivity and secretion - Task

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is characterized by the excessive accumulation of triglycerides in the liver and is often associated, in the absence of significant alcohol consumption, to insulin resistance and to the metabolic syndrome of which it shares the most frequent clinical

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

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a condition in which abnormal amounts of fat deposit in the liver. This ectopic deposition of triglycerides is metabolically harmful to the liver and is strongly associated with dysregulation of lipid metabolism and insulin resistance. NAFLD is increasing

Background information Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is characterized by excessive fat accumulation in the liver and is defined by evidence of hepatic steatosis (via imaging or histology) and is not due to secondary liver fat accumulation from excessive alcohol consumption or hereditary

Aortic stiffness measured in adolescence or adulthood determines current hypertension, predicts future incidence of hypertension, and future atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) events. International hypertension guidelines list severe aortic stiffness as grounds to intensify

This cross-sectional study was conducted on employees working for the Benha University Hospitals, Qalubeyia Governorate, Egypt. The study population comprised both male and female employees (20 to 60 years old) with no history of viral hepatitis(HBV,HCV) and autoimmune-liver diseases such as primary

• Patients: The inclusion criteria are: 1. age>18 years; 2. KT recipient. The exclusion criteria are: 1. metallic joint prostheses, cardiac stent or pacemakers, decompensated cirrhosis, pregnancy and limb amputations (due to bioimpedance technique limitations); 2. no prior diagnosis of pulmonary

Glucocorticoid (GC) steroids are a mainstay of therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, where they have been shown to prolong ambulation in for DMD in random clinical trials (Gloss et al., 2016). Dosing regimen vary for DMD, but most trials utilized oral daily dosing at 0.75- 1 mg/kg of prednisone

This study is a prospective cross-sectional Multicenter National study, will include 1080 participants with BMI ≥ 24kg/m 2 with or without elevated liver enzymes. All will be subjected to; dietary history by already prepared food quality and quantity questionnaire, anthropometric data (BMI & waist

Patient Selection: Screen ~400 Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients followed in Centro Hospitalar do Porto outpatient clinic. All RA patients with regular follow-up will be potentially included. The investigators also aim to enrol age-matched controls for biomarker comparison. Experimental

This study is a phase 2, randomized, placebo-control, double-blinded clinical trial to assess the effect of CD24Fc on reduction in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) among patients with HIV. The effect of CD24Fc on total cholesterol and triglycerides, markers of immune activation (T cell activation,