Obesity, a risk factor for de novo chronic kidney disease (CKD), confers survival advantages in advanced CKD. This so-called obesity paradox is the archetype of the reverse epidemiology of cardiovascular risks, in addition to the lipid, blood pressure, adiponectin, homocysteine, and uric acid paradoxes. These paradoxical phenomena are in sharp contradistinction to the known epidemiology of card...

has been considered as one of important risk factors for cardiovascular (CV) disease and mortality in the general population. As its harmful aspect has been too much emphasized, many physicians ignore other facets of overweight/obesity nowadays. A number of epi-demiologic studies from large samples of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have reported that worse survi...

. the auther cocerns the explanation of mind_body relation.he divides the theories into two catagories: non_dualistic and dualistic. he then provides a survey of the main points mentioned in post renaissance europe down to the present, with special regard to post_cartesian philosophers. cartesian philosophy escalated the dualistic character of mind and body up to its apex. he was slated by plat...

As the prevalence of childhood and adolescent anxiety, depression, other mental health concerns continues to rise, there has been an unprecedented increase in support mind–body practices like yoga, dance, meditation, mindfulness, aerobic exercise, more—in part driven by burden imposed COVID-19 pandemic. While a growing body evidence supports safety effectiveness approaches, gaps funding for emp...