Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection of the Breast during COVID-19 Pandemic by Nadia Kamagate, Robert DeVito

“…We present a case of necrotizing soft tissue infection of the right breast extending to the anterior abdominal wall in a 39-year-old obese female, with a history of tobacco use. The patient presented 10 days after symptom onset due to concerns and anxiety related to COVID-19 exposure. …”
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Polycythemia with Renal Cell Carcinoma and Normal Erythropoietin Level by Jonathan Kopel, Pranav Sharma, Irfan Warriach, Sriman Swarup

“…A 61-year-old obese Caucasian male with past medical history of smoking, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and sleep apnea presented to the hematology clinic with polycythemia. …”
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The Problem of Abnormal Body Weight and Dyslipidemia as Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes by Katarzyna Noras, Ewa Rusak, Przemysława Jarosz-Chobot

“…These patients are often overweight and obese, and the percentage of lipid disorders is particularly high. …”
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Saddle Pulmonary Embolism with Thrombus in Transit across a Patent Foramen Ovale by Fitzgerald Shepherd, Ashley White-Stern, Oloruntobi Rahaman, Damian Kurian, Karen Simon

“…This is the case of a 25-year-old obese man who presented with acute shortness of breath, chest pain, and palpitations. …”
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Acquired Abdominal Intercostal Hernia: A Case Report and Literature Review by Salim Abunnaja, Kevin Chysna, Inam Shaikh, Giuseppe Tripodi

“…We discuss a case of a 51-year-old obese female who arrived to the emergency room with a painful swelling between her left 10th rib and 11th rib. …”
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Emotional Eating: A Virtually Untreated Risk Factor for Outcome Following Bariatric Surgery by Betty E. Chesler

“…The first of two others, associated with negative emotions/life situations, link treatment of a super-super-preoperative obese individual’s reflexive EE with 52% excess BMI (body mass index) loss maintained for the past year, 64 months after surgery. …”
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Heat Stroke: A Medical Emergency Appearing in New Regions by Sofie Søndergaard Mørch, Johnny Dohn Holmgren Andersen, Morten Heiberg Bestle

“…Both patients were morbidly obese and had several predisposing illnesses. However since heat stroke is a rare condition in areas with temperate climate, they were not diagnosed until several days after admittance; hence treatment with cooling was delayed. …”
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Spinal Epidural Lipoma on the Ventral Dura Side and Intervertebral Foramen Causing Lumbar Radiculopathy by Hiroshi Noguchi, Masao Koda, Tetsuya Abe, Toru Funayama, Hiroshi Takahashi, Kousei Miura, Kentaro Mataki, Mamoru Kono, Fumihiko Eto, Yosuke Shibao, Masashi Yamazaki

“…A 56-year-old obese man with a body mass index of 30.9 kg/m2 presented with left sciatica and intermittent claudication. …”
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Gas Gangrene in Orthopaedic Patients by Zhimin Ying, Min Zhang, Shigui Yan, Zhong Zhu

“…We present a case of 55-year-old obese woman who developed rapidly progressive gas gangrene in her right leg accompanied by tibial plateau fracture without skin lacerations. …”
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Serum Adiponectin Levels in Advanced-Stage Parkinson's Disease Patients by Erica Cassani, Raffaella Cancello, Ferruccio Cavanna, Sabrina Maestrini, Anna Maria Di Blasio, Antonio Liuzzi, Gianni Pezzoli, Michela Barichella

“…In PD patients, adiponectin serum levels were similar to those in normal-weight, healthy, young subjects and significantly higher than that in an aged-matched group of morbidly obese subjects. Further studies are warranted to establish the role of adiponectin in the management of PD patients.…”
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Grape Seed Procyanidin Extract Improves Insulin Production but Enhances Bax Protein Expression in Cafeteria-Treated Male Rats by Lídia Cedó, Anna Castell-Auví, Victor Pallarès, Mayte Blay, Anna Ardévol, Montserrat Pinent

“…Considering that pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters in females are different from these parameters in males, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of GSPE on male Wistar cafeteria-induced obese rats. The results have confirmed that the cafeteria model is a robust model mimicking a prediabetic state, as these rats display insulin resistance, increased insulin synthesis and secretion, and increased apoptosis in the pancreas. …”
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Is glucose‐induced hypersecretion of glicentin after the revision surgery using Roux‐en‐Y gastric bypass related to improved glycemic control due to insulin hypersecretion in a typ... by Yukako Yamamoto, Osamu Sekine, Jun Ito‐Kobayashi, Ayane Nishida, Takeshi Togawa, Yuki Ozamoto, Yasumitsu Oe, Akeo Hagiwara, Masaki Kobayashi, Tadahiro Kitamura, Masanori Iwanishi, Akira Shimatsu, Atsunori Kashiwagi

“…ABSTRACT We report case details of a morbidly obese patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who became a failure of diabetes remission after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). …”
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Is There an Association between Socioeconomic Status and Body Mass Index among Adolescents in Mauritius? by Waqia Begum Fokeena, Rajesh Jeewon

“…Height and weight were measured and used to calculate BMI (categorised into underweight, healthy-weight, overweight, obese). Chi-square test, Pearson correlation, and Independent samples 𝑡-test were used for statistical analysis. …”
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Environment, Leptin Sensitivity, and Hypothalamic Plasticity by Marco Mainardi, Tommaso Pizzorusso, Margherita Maffei

“…This point is of paramount importance if one considers that pathologically obese subjects have high levels of plasmatic leptin. …”
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Sauna-Induced Body Mass Loss in Young Sedentary Women and Men by Robert Podstawski, Tomasz Boraczyński, Michał Boraczyński, Dariusz Choszcz, Stefan Mańkowski, Piotr Markowski

“…The smallest BML was noted in underweight subjects; students with normal weight lost more weight, whereas the greatest BML was reported in overweight and obese subjects. Persons with a high BMI are at higher risk of dehydration, and they should pay particular attention to replenishing fluids during a visit to the sauna. …”
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Body Mass Index, Gestational Weight Gain, and Obstetric Complications in Moroccan Population by Latifa Mochhoury, Rachid Razine, Jalal Kasouati, Mariam Kabiri, Amina Barkat

“…The risks of moderate hypertension, macrosomia, dystocia, and resort to cesarean section were higher among overweight or obese women, as well as among women whose weight gain was >16 kg. …”
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Laparoscopic Repair of Morgagni Hernia Combined with Right Hemicolectomy for Bleeding Ascending Colon Carcinoma Lodged within the Chest: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Oluwatobi O Onafowokan, Kiran Khosa, Hugo Bonatti

“…Case Report. A 70-year-old obese male presented with fatigue and shortness of breath. …”
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Life quality of diabetic patients by Belkis Mercedes Vicente Sánchez, Gisela Zerquera Trujillo, Dania Peraza Alejo, Eduardo Castañeda Álvarez, Jorge Luís Irizar Hernández, Tiana Bravo Valladares

“…Life quality was poorer with more years of diseases evolution, the obese patients and those with peripheral vascular disease. …”
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Laparoscopic Repair of a Large Paraesophageal Hernia with Migration of the Stomach into the Mediastinum Creating an Upside-Down Stomach by Nasser Sakran, Hadar Nevo, Ron Dar, Asnat Raziel, Dan Hershko

“…A 62-year-old male presented with frequent abdominal pain with nausea and vomiting that persisted for one year. The patient was obese with fatty liver and was treated medically for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) for 4 years. …”
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A Combined Therapy with Myo-Inositol and D-Chiro-Inositol Improves Endocrine Parameters and Insulin Resistance in PCOS Young Overweight Women by Elena Benelli, Scilla Del Ghianda, Caterina Di Cosmo, Massimo Tonacchera

“…The combined therapy of MI plus DCI is effective in improving endocrine and metabolic parameters in young obese PCOS affected women.…”
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