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View article: GLP-1 Therapeutics and Their Emerging Role in Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders: An Endocrinology Primer
GLP-1 Therapeutics and Their Emerging Role in Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders: An Endocrinology Primer Open
Alcohol and other substance use disorders (ASUDs) are complex, multifaceted, but treatable medical conditions with widespread medical, psychological, and societal consequences. However, treatment options remain limited, therefore the disco…
View article: How images of food become cravingly salient in obesity
How images of food become cravingly salient in obesity Open
Objective This case‐control study was aimed at testing two main hypotheses: (i) obesity is characterized by neurofunctional alterations within the mesocorticolimbic reward system, a brain network originating from the midbrain ventral tegme…
View article: Editorial for the Special Issue “Effects of COVID-19 on Lifestyle Behaviors in Children with Obesity”
Editorial for the Special Issue “Effects of COVID-19 on Lifestyle Behaviors in Children with Obesity” Open
During the last four decades, the prevalence of obesity has increased dramatically worldwide; concomitantly, a progressive rise in the prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and other nutrition-related chronic diseases has also been observed in …
View article: Editorial: Dynamic relationship between secretome of adipose tissue and nutrition
Editorial: Dynamic relationship between secretome of adipose tissue and nutrition Open
Over past decades, nutritional and lifestyle habits, characterized by unbalanced ratio between high caloric intake and low caloric expenditure, have provided fertile ground for increasing prevalence of obesity that currently is one of the …
View article: How Images of Food Become Cravingly Salient in Obesity
How Images of Food Become Cravingly Salient in Obesity Open
Background Obesity is characterized by neurofunctional alterations within the mesocorticolimbic reward system, a brain network that originates from the midbrain ventral tegmental area (VTA). Here we tested the hypothesis that this system m…
View article: A Comprehensive Therapeutic Patient Education May Improve Wound Healing and Reduce Ulcer Recurrence and Mortality in Persons With Type 2 Diabetes
A Comprehensive Therapeutic Patient Education May Improve Wound Healing and Reduce Ulcer Recurrence and Mortality in Persons With Type 2 Diabetes Open
Objectives: The impact of a comprehensive therapeutic patient education (TPE) on the prognosis of diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) has not yet been evaluated in the literature. The purpose of this study was to determine whether TPE is a predictor…
View article: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: A potential therapeutic option for obesity in a patient with Prader-Willi syndrome
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: A potential therapeutic option for obesity in a patient with Prader-Willi syndrome Open
Repetitive TMS was revealed to be a promising treatment for con-trolling overeating and body weight inindividuals with obesity, specifically by targeting the PFC (and potentially, other brain areas). For this reason, we hypothesized that r…
View article: Eating Habits and Body Weight Changes Induced by Variation in Smell and Taste in Patients with Previous SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Eating Habits and Body Weight Changes Induced by Variation in Smell and Taste in Patients with Previous SARS-CoV-2 Infection Open
Olfactory and gustatory dysfunction are recognized as common symptoms in patients with COVID-19, with a prevalence ranging, respectively, between 41–61% and 38.2–49%. This review focused on relating the variations in dietary habits with th…
View article: Correlation between maternal and neonatal myocardial strain parameters in pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus: A post hoc analysis
Correlation between maternal and neonatal myocardial strain parameters in pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus: A post hoc analysis Open
Our findings revealed a strong linear correlation between maternal and neonatal LV-GLS (r = 0.86, p < 0.001), between maternal and neonatal LV global circumferential strain (r = 0.83, p < 0.001) and finally between maternal and neonatal R…
View article: Chrono-communication and cardiometabolic health: The intrinsic relationship and therapeutic nutritional promises
Chrono-communication and cardiometabolic health: The intrinsic relationship and therapeutic nutritional promises Open
Circadian rhythm, an innate 24-h biological clock, regulates several mammalian physiological activities anticipating daily environmental variations and optimizing available energetic resources. The circadian machinery is a complex neuronal…
View article: Comprehensive assessment of biventricular myocardial function by two‑dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in infants of gestational diabetic mothers
Comprehensive assessment of biventricular myocardial function by two‑dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in infants of gestational diabetic mothers Open
Aims No previous research provided a complete biventricular and multidirectional left ventricular (LV) functional assess- ment by two-dimensional (2D) speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) in infants of gestational diabetic mothers (IGDM…
View article: Chrono-communication and cardiometabolic health: The intrinsic relationship and therapeutic nutritional promises
Chrono-communication and cardiometabolic health: The intrinsic relationship and therapeutic nutritional promises Open
Circadian rhythm, an innate 24-h biological clock, regulates several mammalian physiological activities anticipating daily environmental variations and optimizing available energetic resources. The circadian machinery is a complex neuronal…
View article: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: A potential therapeutic option for obesity in a patient with <scp>Prader‐Willi</scp> syndrome
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: A potential therapeutic option for obesity in a patient with <span>Prader‐Willi</span> syndrome Open
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: A potential therapeutic option for obesity in a patient with Prader-Willi syndromeTo the Editor: Hyperphagia and, consequently, obesity, are the most serious problems in patients with Prader-Wi…
View article: Sodium oxybate for the maintenance of abstinence in alcohol-dependent patients: An international, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Sodium oxybate for the maintenance of abstinence in alcohol-dependent patients: An international, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial Open
Background: Sodium oxybate (SMO) has been shown to be effective in the maintenance of abstinence (MoA) in alcohol-dependent patients in a series of small randomized controlled trials (RCTs). These results needed to be confirmed by a large …
View article: Echocardiographic markers of early alcoholic cardiomyopathy: Six-month longitudinal study in heavy drinking patients
Echocardiographic markers of early alcoholic cardiomyopathy: Six-month longitudinal study in heavy drinking patients Open
Background: The development of alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is related to chronic excessive alcohol use. However, features of early-stage ACM are still unclear. We assessed echocardiographic characteristics of patients with alcohol depen…
View article: Turning the clock forward: New pharmacological and non pharmacological targets for the treatment of obesity
Turning the clock forward: New pharmacological and non pharmacological targets for the treatment of obesity Open
Aims: Obesity and its main metabolic complication, type 2 diabetes, have attained the status of a global pandemic; there is need for novel strategies aimed at treating obesity and preventing the development of diabetes. A healthy diet and …
View article: Deep transcranial magnetic stimulation in combination with skin thermography in obesity: a window on sympathetic nervous system
Deep transcranial magnetic stimulation in combination with skin thermography in obesity: a window on sympathetic nervous system Open
Aims: Obesity is known to be associated with an altered thermoregulation as well as a dysregulation of sympathetic nervous system (SNS). Considering the ability of deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (dTMS) to modulate the SNS, we hypot…
View article: Deep transcranial magnetic stimulation in combination with skin thermography in obesity: a window on sympathetic nervous system
Deep transcranial magnetic stimulation in combination with skin thermography in obesity: a window on sympathetic nervous system Open
Aims Obesity is known to be associated with an altered thermoregulation as well as a dysregulation of sympathetic nervous system (SNS). Considering the ability of deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (dTMS) to modulate the SNS, we hypoth…
View article: THE IMPACT OF SHORT-TERM HYPERGLYCEMIA AND OBESITY ON BIVENTRICULAR AND BIATRIAL MYOCARDIAL FUNCTION ASSESSED BY SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN A POPULATION OF WOMEN WITH GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS
THE IMPACT OF SHORT-TERM HYPERGLYCEMIA AND OBESITY ON BIVENTRICULAR AND BIATRIAL MYOCARDIAL FUNCTION ASSESSED BY SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN A POPULATION OF WOMEN WITH GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS Open
Background and aims: To compare biventricular and biatrial myocardial strain indices assessed by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2D-STE) in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and those with uncomplicated preg…
View article: THE IMPACT OF SHORT-TERM HYPERGLYCEMIA AND OBESITY ON BIVENTRICULAR AND BIATRIAL MYOCARDIAL FUNCTION ASSESSED BY SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN A POPULATION OF WOMEN WITH GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS
THE IMPACT OF SHORT-TERM HYPERGLYCEMIA AND OBESITY ON BIVENTRICULAR AND BIATRIAL MYOCARDIAL FUNCTION ASSESSED BY SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN A POPULATION OF WOMEN WITH GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS Open
Background and aims: To compare biventricular and biatrial myocardial strain indices assessed by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2D-STE) in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and those with uncomplicated preg…
View article: Safety and tolerability of repeated sessions of deep transcranial magnetic stimulation in obesity
Safety and tolerability of repeated sessions of deep transcranial magnetic stimulation in obesity Open
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) has been demonstrated to be effective in body weight control in individuals with obesity. Most clinical trials on rTMS provided a reassuring safety profile. In the present work, we presen…
View article: Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Diseases: Nutraceutical Interventions Related to Caloric Restriction
Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Diseases: Nutraceutical Interventions Related to Caloric Restriction Open
Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are closely associated and represent a key public health problem worldwide. An excess of adipose tissue, NAFLD, and gut dysbiosis establish a vicious circle that leads to chronic infl…
View article: Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Affects Gut Microbiota Composition in Obesity: Results of Randomized Clinical Trial
Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Affects Gut Microbiota Composition in Obesity: Results of Randomized Clinical Trial Open
Growing evidence highlights the crucial role of gut microbiota in affecting different aspects of obesity. Considering the ability of deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (dTMS) to modulate the cortical excitability, the reward system, an…