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Background: Approximately 65% of obese individuals have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and this condition is strongly related to the development of insulin resistance and diabetes. Innovative lifestyle strategies to treat NAFLD are critically needed. Alternate day fasting (ADF) has been
In 1994, the WHO and UNICEF Joint Committee on Health Policy recommended Universal Salt Iodization as a safe, cost-effective and sustainable strategy to ensure sufficient intake of iodine by all individuals. However, universal salt iodization is still absent in Latvia.
A recent countrywide study in
Background: Oxidative stress occurs during shock as a result of granulocytes and endothelial cell activation. Higher intensity of endothelial activation is associated with unfavorable outcomes. Selenium is an essential trace element that plays a key role in the antioxidant defenses and whose plasma
A prospective, monocentric, crossover, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
For each patient the study will be divided in two treatment periods of 6 months separated by a 2 month washout period. 24 patients will be randomized in two groups, one group treated first with placebo during 6 months,
Adverse outcomes, postpartum thyroid dysfunction and permanent hypothyroidism have been associated with isolated TPOab positivity in euthyroid pregnant women.
In areas with severe selenium deficiency there is a higher incidence of thyroiditis due to a decreased activity of selenium-dependent
Heart Surgery on the heart-lung machine involves, inter alia, by ischemia and reperfusion, the release of reactive oxygen radicals and nitrogen oxide (NO), which damage DNA after reaction with peroxynitrite, and Lipid-/Endothelmembrane Protein. The formation and consumption of peroxynitrite can be
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a disease spectrum that includes simple steatosis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and cirrhosis, has been increasingly recognized as the hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome. Both inflammation and insulin resistance are considered to be pivotal