OBJECTIVE To determine whether adequate vs excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) attenuated the association between maternal obesity and offspring outcomes. STUDY DESIGN Data from 313 mother-child pairs participating in the Exploring Perinatal Outcomes among Children study were used to test this hypothesis. Maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and weight measures throughout pregnancy...

BACKGROUND Excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) increases the risk of childhood obesity, but little is known about its association with infant growth patterns. AIM The aim of this study was to examine the association between GWG and infant growth patterns. METHODS Pregnant women (n = 743) self-reported GWG at delivery, which we classified as inadequate, adequate or excessive based on the...

The Arizona-Mexico border consists of 375 square miles of rural desert where temperature extremes, excessive sun exposure, and a lack of food and water are common. The desert poses an especially deadly threat to immigrants who attempt to cross it on foot. In an effort to smuggle humans across this region, smugglers transport people in vans that are loaded beyond the recommended vehicle weight l...

Ever since the arrival of post-industrial era, cars have been widely used and popularized in an unexpected degree. After experiencing excessive traffic jams, some cities in foreign countries are gradually attaching importance to slow-moving traffics. But only a few theoretical researches on slow-moving system were performed in China, yet they are lacking of a systematic theoretical support. Cur...

The results of 37 medial canthal resection procedures performed for the correction of severe paralytic or involutional medial ectropion are presented with an average follow-up of 5.4 years. Epiphora was improved in 33 out of the 37 cases and all but one patient had an anatomically improved lid-globe apposition, medial canthal angle, and posterofixation of the medial canthus. These results confi...

The study was to assess the associations of prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) with pregnancy outcomes. This was a retrospective analysis of 2973 nulliparous women who delivered single live babies. Prepregnancy BMI was categorized as underweight (<18.5 kg/m(2)), normal weight (18.5-24.9 kg/m(2)) or overweight/obese (≥25.0 kg/m(2)). GWG was categorized as inadeq...

BACKGROUND The simultaneous occurrence of metabolic syndrome and excessive daytime sleepiness are very common in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients. Both conditions, if present in OSA, have been reported to be associated with inflammation and disruption of oxidative stress balance that impair the cardiovascular system. To verify the impact of daytime sleepiness on inflammatory and oxidative...

Excessive daytime sleepiness is a frequent and a highly disruptive symptom to the daily routine of children with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) and their families. The objective of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of modafinil, a central stimulant, on excessive daytime sleepiness in children and adolescents with PWS. The efficacy of modafinil was evaluated in this open label pilot study comp...