OBJECTIVES To investigate the association of body cell mass loss with disease activity and disability in rheumatoid arthritis patients. INTRODUCTION Rheumatoid cachexia, defined as the loss of body cell mass, is important but under-recognized and contributes to morbidity and mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. METHODS One hundred forty-nine rheumatoid arthritis patients and 53 ...

RICHARD W. PAYNE Department of Haematology, Worcester Royal Infirmary, Worcester WR5 JHN, UK The further investigation of suspected polycythaemia in patients with an elevated venous haematocrit is a not infrequent problem in haematological practice. Measurement of the actual red cell mass (ARCM) in such patients is relatively simple, using standard radioisotope dilution techniques (Internationa...

Introduction: Obese individuals have elevated levels of inflammatory and cell adhesion molecules that can critically induce the occurrence of atherosclerosis. Aerobic exercise training reduces biochemical markers and anthropometric characteristics involved in atherosclerosis. However, little is known about the effect of resistance exercise training on these biomarkers. This study aimed to inves...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: BCM: Body Cell Mass; BED: Binge Eating Disorder; BES: Binge Eating Scalel; BIA: Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis; BMI: Body Mass Index; BT: Behavioral Therapy; CBT: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy; FFM: Total Fat-Free Body Mass in Kg; FM: Fat Body Mass in Kg; MetS: Metabolic Syndrome; NBED: Non Binge Eating Disorder; WC: Waist Circumference

OBJECTIVE The correlation between high body mass index and outcomes after esophagectomy has not been systematically addressed. Some studies have shown that patients with a high body mass index had better overall survival and disease-free survival compared with those with a normal/low body mass index, whereas others have shown that the body mass index was not of prognostic value. METHODS Ninet...