Context Evidence suggests an association between maternal obesity and some congenital
anomalies. Objective To assess current evidence of the association between maternal …

The heterogeneous nature of cancer as it appears in different patients or animals is one of the
reasons for our primitive understanding and ability to control neoplastic diseases. However…

Obesity is rising in the obstetric population, yet there is an absence of services and guidance
for the management of maternal obesity. This systematic review aimed to investigate …

Background In some randomized trials comparing revascularization strategies for patients
with diabetes, coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) has had a better outcome than …

Overweight and obesity affects more than 66% of the adult population and is associated with
a variety of chronic diseases. Weight reduction reduces health risks associated with chronic …

In 29 cases the exact duration of the illness was not known, but was thought to be less than
one day. Thus, of the total (248), 178 (72%) were seen within 24 hours. No patient received …

… Rankin is a recipient of a John A. Hartford Fellowship Grant. Address for correspondence:
J. Scott Rankin, MD. PO Box 3851, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710. …

… Truesdale KP, Stevens J, Cai J. The effect of weight history on glucose and lipids: the …
Truesdale KP, Stevens J, Cai J. Nine-year changes in cardiovascular disease risk factors with …

Background It is unclear whether stable, high-risk patients with persistent total occlusion of
the infarct-related coronary artery identified after the currently accepted period for myocardial …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous disease in which efforts to define
subtypes behaviorally have met with limited success. Hypothesizing that genetically based …