Cancer-associated weight loss: releasing its firm grip on negative clinical outcomes

Diets for weight loss and prevention of negative health outcomes.

A FIRM grip on atrial fibrillation.

Since the seminal paper by Haissaguerre et al. (1) describing the importance of pulmonary vein (PV) triggers in the initiation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF), PV isolation has become the cornerstone of catheter ablation for AF, demonstrating acceptable results (2,3). By contrast, reported long-term success rates after catheter ablation for persistent or long-standing persistent AF are s...

Clinical factors associated with weight loss outcomes after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery

OBJECTIVE Gastric bypass surgery is an effective therapy for extreme obesity. However, substantial variability in weight loss outcomes exists that remains largely unexplained. Our objective was to determine whether any commonly collected preoperative clinical variables were associated with weight loss following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery. METHODS The analysis was based on a prosp...

Weight Loss and Health Outcomes

Influences of weight loss on long-term diabetes outcomes.

Increasing rates of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) follow the obesity 'epidemic', with 86% of patients with T2DM being overweight and over half being obese. Literature has highlighted that being overweight or obese increases the risk of diabetes. Weight loss for obese patients is associated with clinical improvements, although this evidence is mostly from short-term studies. As part of a Health Technol...