BACKGROUND One of the main reasons why the breast fat grafting was questioned is that there may be lipofilling resorption. In the literature, the resorption rate reported over the 1(st) year is highly variable (20-90%). OBJECTIVE The aim of this work was to identify the biochemical and clinical parameters, which increase fat graft maintenance in breast reconstruction. MATERIALS AND METHODS ...

Fructose consumption has increased during the last decades, while a simultaneous rise in incidence of pathologies such as type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome also taken place. Although there is evidence that fructose can cause alterations offspring related to development aforementioned diseases, exposure pregnancy not contraindicated for women. This effect explained by concept foetal program...

I recently had the privilege of giving a state-of-the-art lecture on the clinical value of apoB to the residents and staff of the Department of Internal Medicine of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre after which residents reviewed two recent key papers: the Northwick Park Heart Study 1 and the INTERHEART study. 2 One resident concluded his analysis with the question: if apoB is so g...