Winning the Obesity Battle

Obesity Research: Winning the Battle, Losing the War

Diabetes and obesity have increased dramatically in the United States during the past quarter century and are having a profound, negative impact on morbidity, mortality, quality of life, and cost of medical care. New research confirms that diabetes can be prevented or delayed through aggressive weight management. After years of discouraging reports on the failure of weight management programs t...

Winning the Battle of the Narrative

Winning the Microbial Battle, but Not the War

An effective immune response leads to rapid elimination of infectious agents, with seemingly little long-term impairment to the host. New findings by Morais da Fonseca et al. reveal that acute infections may result in permanent disruption of tissue homeostasis and immune dysfunction, long after clearance of a pathogen.

Winning the Battle Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Endocarditis: A Case Report

11 Özet Enfektif endokardit, konjenital kalp hastalığı bulunan hastalarda, antimikrobiyal ve cerrahi alanında olan gelişmelere rağmen önemli bir morbidite ve mortalite nedenidir. Stafilokok ve streptokok gibi gram pozitif mikroorganizmalar en sık izole edilen etkenlerdendir. Pseudomonas aeruginosa enfektif endokarditin nadir görülen patojenlerindendir. Genellikle ilaç bağımlılarında görülmekted...

Losing the battle but winning the war: uncertain outcomes reverse the usual effect of winning on testosterone.

The biosocial model of status predicts a competition effect (or winner-loser effect), whereby winning a competition should cause a rise in testosterone relative to losing. However, its applicability to women and the role of contextual factors, such as a decisive versus close match, have been overlooked. In two studies of female competition, we tested whether the winner-loser effect generalizes ...