... transsphenoidal surgery for GH-PitNETs, discusses the frequently complex preoperative evaluation of patients with acromegaly, and analyzes the challenging aspects of the disease, underling the importance of a multidisciplinary framework, which should include a dedicated team of surgeons (neuro- and ENT...

... is the most important factor shaping the gut microbiome, in particular receipt of human milk. Human milk contains viable bacteria and numerous components that modulate the bacterial community, including human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) which promote the growth of Bifidobacterium species. Notably...

... Abstract Motor skills are important for development. Everything infants do involves motor skills – postural, locomotor, and manual actions; exploratory actions; social interactions; and actions with artifacts. Put another way, all behavior is motor behavior, and thus motor skill acquisition...

... for schools and teachers to educate children about the importance of participating in physical activity and making healthy eating choices. One approach to comprehensively offer opportunities for physical activity and healthy eating is called Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child, which intertwines...

... Abstract Motor skills are important for development. Everything infants do involves motor skills – postural, locomotor, and manual actions; exploratory actions; social interactions; and actions with artifacts. Put another way, all behavior is motor behavior, and thus motor skill acquisition...

... for schools and teachers to educate children about the importance of participating in physical activity and making healthy eating choices. One approach to comprehensively offer opportunities for physical activity and healthy eating is called Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child, which intertwines...

... ]. In addition, fewer than 1 in 10 Belgians eat the recommended intake of fruit or vegetables. Similar patterns are seen across other European countries. Food supplements are not intended to replace the diet, but can play an important role in helping achieve adequate intake in the population. Fig. 1...

... include regular and well-documented booster shots throughout life, as post-booster antibody concentrations correlate with pre-booster antibody concentrations. Introduction The exceptional success of childhood vaccination is undisputed, but the importance of vaccination throughout adulthood...

.... Understanding the potential sources of error in FCT/FCDB is important as these errors affect the calculation of intakes [ 1 , 6 ]; the more accurately FCT/FCDB reflect the foods actually consumed, the better quality the intake estimates will be. This paper discusses the quality and availability of global FCT...

... moments throughout the day whereby whole body protein balance is in a net negative state may provide key opportunities for specific nutrient provision with the aim of optimizing whole body protein accrual. Introduction An important factor influencing the general health and well-being...

... (specifically protein), or micronutrient prescription? Breakfast has been heralded as the “most important meal of the day” not only because it has been championed as a meal that contributes significantly to nutrient intake/adequacy and diet quality, may be a strategy used to lose weight or maintain weight loss...

... management with appropriate doses of ESAs and iron preparations that induce physiological erythropoiesis might reduce the risk of adverse events and premature death in MHD patients. In this review, we describe the importance of physiological erythropoiesis in the long-term risk of adverse events or survival...

... and are one of the most important and common human diseases [ 1 ]. They result from inadequate thyroid hormone production due to a lack of sufficient iodine. Iodine deficiency during pregnancy impairs the neurological development of the fetus. In areas of severe chronic iodine deficiency, maternal and fetal...

... to play an important role for the final consequences of the knockdown of Cldn-1 on proliferation. Absence of Cldn-1 in the lower epidermal layers in eczema of AlD mice also significantly correlated with alterations in the differentiation markers CK14 and CK10 [ 37 ], which suggests a role for Cldn-1...

... and phosphate in the circulation. Therefore, it is recognized that the maintenance of bone turnover within a normal range might be the most important strategy to protect against the development of vascular calcification and to attenuate the load of phosphate and calcium, particularly in hemodialysis patients...

... Abstract The role of dialysis patients in ensuring their own safety throughout the process of vascular access construction should be far from negligible. Patients can make important contributions to their safety starting in the predialysis stage, via vascular access construction and through...

... of fatty acids during the perinatal period Dietary fat is a major contributor to total energy intake. It has long been recognised that the nature of the fatty acid classes and the individual fatty acids present in the diet are both important for human health [ 1 ]. It is now known that there are long...

... pharmacological blockade or large quantities of arginine overcome T cell dysfunction and prevent increased susceptibility to infection caused by PI. This work has joined others at identifying now officially called myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC), which also play important roles in T cell suppression...