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The adipose tissue is the main energetic reserve, being constituted by adipocytes, cells that accumulate lipids inside its cytoplasm, in the form of triglycerides.
Fat deposition can occur both in the subcutaneous compartment and in the visceral compartment and is the result of a positive energy
Weight loss and body contouring are large, constantly-growing fields of cosmetic surgery. However, while the demand for body shaping procedures is constantly on the rise, so is the demand for such procedures to be performed more quickly, simply and most importantly, less invasively; hence the
Introduction Diabetes mellitus is an epidemic disorder, which in Denmark alone is affecting 320,000 patients. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the most frequent long term complication to diabetes mellitus (1) and a feared cause of severe vision loss and blindness (2).
Proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a very common disorder and refers to a group of conditions where there is accumulation of excess fat in the liver of people who drink little or no alcohol. The most common form of NAFLD is a non serious condition called fatty liver.
NAFLD is part of the
Upper arm body contouring is designed to remove excess skin and/or fatty tissue from the upper arms. Cosmetic procedures are growing in prevalence, upper arm body contouring procedures increased 4059% from 2000 to 2008, and in 2009, just over 16,100 upper arm lifts were performed in the United
Laser therapy provides an alternative therapeutic regimen for the reduction of subcutaneous tissue volume. Although the biochemical mechanism is not yet fully understood, histological studies clearly and effectively identify the formation of the transitory pore and subsequent cell collapse
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disorder in the USA, present in 20% to 30% of the population and rapidly increasing. Fatty liver is generally diagnosed by abdominal ultrasound frequently as an incidental finding. Major risk factors for NAFLD include central (or
Subjects The present study was performed in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000, and the Institutional Review Board of the University Hospital of the State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil approved of this study. Once considered eligible, all subjects read and
JUSTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) is an under diagnosed disease affecting 5% of the general population. This disease is associated with an increase in the risk for cardiovascular disease (high blood pressure, coronary disease, and stroke). Two optic neuropathies are
In a previous study (2011), investigators demonstrated a statistically significant relation between the Endothelial Lipase(EL) c.584C>T polymorphism and the occurrence of diabetic retinopathy in 396 french patients with diabetes type 2 (DT2) with a longitudinal follow-up.
Secondly (2014) in a
Selection: Study participants are initially selected trough the evaluation of consecutive lipid profiles from individuals who spontaneously seek governmental primary care centers of the city of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Telephone-based screening interviews are performed, followed by in-person
Study design and treatments The study was randomized, double-blind, controlled, using a 2-way crossover design with both treatment periods and washout time lasting 7 days. Subjects were allocated by simple randomization to extended-release niacin 1g/day alone (ERN, Metri, Libbs Farmacêutica, São
Adipose tissue is a loose type of connective tissue specialized to store lipids. The majority of lipids stored in adipose cells are triglycerides formed from imported free fatty acids and glycerol. It is not uniformly distributed in the body. The major adipose depot is subcutaneous (about 80% of all
Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death in diabetes. Actually, systematic screening of asymptomatic diabetic patients for silent myocardial ischemia is highly controversial, and is recommended for selected high-risk patients.
Calcium artery calcification score predicts major