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A nationwide study from Japan spanning a 14-year study period has revealed an increasing trend of overweight and obesity in patients with incident end-stage kidney disease (ESKD).
Nov 7, 2024
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Maintaining good health and well-being is crucial for how well patients respond to cancer treatments. Unfortunately, cachexia, or involuntary weight loss, is a major concern for many individuals with advanced cancer. A new ...
Nov 6, 2024
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With the global population aging rapidly, sarcopenia, a condition that affects millions of older adults and severely diminishes their quality of life, is emerging as an urgent public health issue. Now, a new discovery by ...
Sep 26, 2024
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Cancer patients frequently experience metabolic dysfunction, leading to severe weight loss correlating with a poor prognosis. Causes for this dysfunction include malnutrition and cachexia, a systemic inflammation affecting ...
Sep 17, 2024
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Pfizer Inc.'s experimental drug for cancer weight loss was shown to help patients regain weight in a mid-stage study, offering fresh promise for treating the dangerous muscle-wasting condition.
Sep 16, 2024
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The forested hills and rolling fields in the state of Odisha are home to some of India's most vulnerable tribal groups, but a new study from researchers of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT shows that when ...
Aug 19, 2024
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The total number of children, adolescents and adults worldwide living with obesity has surpassed one billion, according to a global analysis published in The Lancet. These trends, together with the declining prevalence of ...
Feb 29, 2024
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Malnutrition of Indian children rose dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI).
Feb 5, 2024
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The extensive flooding in Pakistan in August 2022 submerged one-third of the country. This affected 33 million people, half of them children. Some 9.4 million acres of crops were destroyed, and more than 1.1 million farm ...
Nov 21, 2023
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Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis (CF) was fully implemented in all 50 states in the U.S. by 2010, but delays in timeliness of evaluation for infants with positive newborn screen tests persist. Through evaluation of national ...
Jul 31, 2023
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