Lviv clinical bulletin,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
3 (47), P. 96 - 109
Published: Sept. 30, 2024
Introduction.
An
absolute
burden
of
over
35
million
new
cancer
cases
is
predicted
by
2050.
Although
significant
progress
has
been
made
in
the
field
oncology
via
use
surgical
removal,
radiation
treatment,
chemotherapy,
and
introduction
immunotherapy,
overall
rates
survival
prognoses
for
patients
are
still
unsatisfactory.
In
last
decade,
intermittent
fasting
(IF)
become
increasingly
popular
weight
control
potential
health
benefits.
Additionally,
research
primarily
focused
on
investigating
impact
IF
metabolism,
mitochondrial
function,
stress
responses,
repair
mechanisms,
autophagy.
The
aim
study.
To
make
a
literature
review
about
role
starving
cells.
Materials
methods.
This
narrative
involved
comprehensive
search
through
databases
such
as
PubMed
Google
Scholar.
Distinct
keywords
-
″intermittent
fasting″,
regimens″,
″calorie
restriction″,
″oncology″,
″chemotherapy″
″tumor
microenvironment″
were
used.
Results.
exhibits
impacts
immune
system's
ability
to
fight
against
tumors
strengthening
hematopoietic
stem
cells
replenish
themselves
enhance
immunosuppression.
Under
an
program,
certain
tissues
organs
exhibit
enhanced
resilience
various
stressors.
Emerging
shows
that
effectiveness
tolerance
anticancer
medicines,
regulate
carcinogenic
influences,
reprogram
clock
genes'
rhythmic
expression
tumor
environments,
inhibit
growth
modifying
natural
processes
like
insulin
signalling,
heme
oxygenase-1,
prevent
proliferation
myeloid-derived
suppressor
priming
microenvironment
support
drug
delivery
targets
tumors.
Cancer
treatment
notably
shields
normal
while
raising
efficacy
chemotherapy
(CT)
reducing
CT-induced
inflammation
several
immunological,
biochemical,
molecular
mechanisms.
Conclusions.
Regularly
practising
more
than
one
day
may
confer
notable
benefits
protecting
healthy
deleterious
effects
radiation.
synergistic
therapeutic
alongside
suggests
it
enhances
also
chemotherapy-induced
inflammation.
While
promise
cancers,
breast
cancer,
its
other
types
remains
uncertain,
necessitating
further
personalized
plans.
Comprehensive physiology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: Feb. 1, 2025
ABSTRACT
Humans
are
perhaps
evolutionarily
engineered
to
get
deeply
addicted
sugar,
as
it
not
only
provides
energy
but
also
helps
in
storing
fats,
which
survival
during
starvation.
Additionally,
sugars
(glucose
and
fructose)
stimulate
the
feel‐good
factor,
they
trigger
secretion
of
serotonin
dopamine
brain,
associated
with
reward
sensation,
uplifting
mood
general.
However,
when
consumed
excess,
contributes
imbalance,
weight
gain,
obesity,
leading
onset
a
complex
metabolic
disorder,
generally
referred
diabetes.
Type
2
diabetes
mellitus
(T2DM)
is
one
most
prevalent
forms
diabetes,
nearly
affecting
all
age
groups.
T2DM
clinically
diagnosed
cardinal
sign
chronic
hyperglycemia
(excessive
sugar
blood).
Chronic
hyperglycemia,
coupled
dysfunctions
pancreatic
β‐cells,
insulin
resistance,
immune
inflammation,
further
exacerbate
pathology
T2DM.
Uncontrolled
T2DM,
major
public
health
concern,
significantly
toward
progression
several
micro‐
macrovascular
diseases,
such
diabetic
retinopathy,
nephropathy,
neuropathy,
atherosclerosis,
cardiovascular
including
cancer.
The
current
review
discusses
epidemiology,
causative
factors,
pathophysiology,
comorbidities,
existing
emerging
therapies
related
It
future
roadmap
for
alternative
drug
discovery
management
Lipids in Health and Disease,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
24(1)
Published: March 27, 2025
Abstract
Background
Chronic
stress
in
daily
life
is
a
well-known
trigger
for
various
health
issues.
Despite
advancements
obesity
research,
the
mechanisms
governing
lipid
metabolism
adipose
tissue
during
cachexia
remain
poorly
understood.
Methods
A
chronic
restraint
(CRS)
model
was
used
to
induce
significant
physiological
and
psychological
mice.
Mice
were
subjected
6
h
of
50
mL
plastic
tubes
seven
consecutive
days.
fasting
control
group
included
comparison.
Post-stress
assessments
behavioural
tests,
glucose
insulin
tolerance
tests
indirect
calorimetry.
Blood
samples
collected
mRNA
protein
analyses.
Results
CRS
induced
changes
mice,
including
depression-like
behaviours,
weight
loss
reduced
sensitivity.
Notably,
caused
extensive
remodelling.
White
(WAT)
underwent
‘browning’
accompanied
by
an
increase
expression
thermogenic
proteins.
This
counteracted
stress-induced
‘whitening’
brown
(BAT),
which
exhibited
impaired
thermogenesis
functionality,
thereby
maintaining
energy
balance
systematically.
The
glucocorticoid
receptor
(GR)
plays
crucial
role
regulation
these
changes.
GR
levels
inversely
correlated
BAT
WAT,
but
aligned
with
patterns
proteins
across
tissues.
These
findings
suggest
that
under
metabolic
stress,
mediates
tissue-specific
responses
tissues,
driving
functional
phenotypic
transitions
WAT
maintain
homeostasis.
Conclusions
study
provides
novel
insights
into
contrasting
phenotypes
emaciation
highlights
critical
GRs
remodelling
its
potential
as
therapeutic
target.
Addressing
GR-mediated
tissues
may
help
alleviate
dysfunction
promote
browning,
enhancing
resistance.
Biomedicines,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
13(5), P. 1182 - 1182
Published: May 13, 2025
Background/Objective:
Prostate
cancer
(PCa)
represents
the
second-most
common
among
men
worldwide.
Obesity
is
generally
considered
as
a
risk
factor
for
and
it
has
been
associated
with
20–30%
increased
of
PCa
death.
The
present
systematic
review
meta-analyses
aimed
to
highlight
any
existing
trends
between
prostate
neoplasm
stages
according
normal
weight,
overweight
obesity
conditions.
Methods:
All
interventional
records
such
randomized
clinical
trials,
quasi-experimental
studies
observational
were
included
in
meta-analysis
which
reported
Gleason
(GS)
or
TNM
scores
BMI-related
incidence,
groups.
Results:
Twenty-nine
study.
As
regards
GS
scoring
system,
1.09%
high
grade
was
weights.
Among
overweights,
0.98%
low
registered
GS.
same
trend
recorded
obese
patients,
since
0.79%
also
registered.
scores,
both
patients
significant
incidence
non-advanced
score,
without
differences
considering
higher
assessments.
Conclusions:
Although
literature
seemed
be
more
favor
associations
BMI
GS,
no
specific
mechanisms
highlighted
progression.
In
this
regard,
androgen
microenvironment
could
play
an
important
role,
but
further
will
necessary
direction.
Metabolites,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(6), P. 345 - 345
Published: May 22, 2025
Background/Objectives:
The
number
of
children
with
overweight
and
obesity
is
gradually
increasing
worldwide.
This
an
emergent
public
health
problem
as
persist
through
the
next
stages
human
life,
being
associated
high
risk
morbidity
mortality.
In
this
respect,
purpose
current
cross-sectional
survey
to
explore
whether
overweight/obesity
aged
6–9
years
may
be
related
developing
perceived
stress
poor
sleep
quality
symptoms.
Methods:
study
recruited
4350
primary
school
from
diverse
Greek
rural
urban
regions.
mothers
enrolled
completed
relevant
questionnaires
on
maternal
sociodemographics,
anthropometric
parameters,
perinatal
outcomes,
breastfeeding
practices,
lifestyle
factors.
also
Perceived
Stress
Scale
(PSS)
Pittsburgh
Sleep
Quality
Index
(PSQI)
evaluate
their
matched
children,
respectively.
Results:
Our
analysis
reveals
independently
significant
associations
between
factors
children’s
such
child’s
gender,
family
economic
status,
gestational
weight
gain,
childbirth
weight,
kind
delivery,
exclusive
breastfeeding,
physical
activity.
Childhood
were
a
more
than
three-fold
higher
two-fold
likelihood
after
adjustment
for
multiple
confounding
Conclusions:
Obesity
are
enhanced
in
years.
Public
policies
dietary
counseling
interventions
should
applied
inform
new
about
harmful
effects
childhood
direct
them
adopt
healthy
practices
children.
Discover Oncology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: Dec. 18, 2024
The
progressive
globalization
of
sedentary
lifestyles
and
diets
rich
in
lipids
processed
foods
has
caused
two
major
public
health
hazards-diabetes
obesity.
strong
interlink
between
obesity
type
2
diabetes
mellitus
their
combined
burden
encompass
them
into
a
single
term
'Diabesity'.
They
have
also
been
tagged
as
the
drivers
for
onset
cancer.
clinical
association
diabetes,
obesity,
several
types
human
cancer
demands
an
assessment
vital
junctions
correlating
three.
This
review
focuses
on
revisiting
molecular
axis
linking
to
through
pathways
that
get
imbalanced
owing
metabolic
upheaval.
We
attempt
describe
functional
disruptions
DNA
repair
mechanisms
due
overwhelming
oxidative
damage
by
diabesity.
Genomic
instability,
known
hallmark
results
when
does
not
work
optimally,
will
be
inferred
from
this
obtruded
homeostasis
creates
favorable
microenvironment
supporting
reprogramming
enabling
malignancies.
Altered
hormonal
landscapes
these
morbidities
provide
novel
connection
metabolomics
oncogenesis.
Understanding
various
aspects
tumorigenic
process
diabesity-induced
cancers
might
help
discovery
new
biomarkers
prompt
targeted
therapeutic
interventions.
Biosensors,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(9), P. 422 - 422
Published: Aug. 30, 2024
Depression
is
currently
a
major
contributor
to
unnatural
deaths
and
the
healthcare
burden
globally,
patient's
battle
with
depression
often
long
one.
Because
causes,
symptoms,
effects
of
medications
are
complex
highly
individualized,
early
identification
personalized
treatment
key
improving
outcomes.
The
development
wearable
electronics,
machine
learning,
other
technologies
in
recent
years
has
provided
more
possibilities
for
realization
this
goal.
Conducting
regular
monitoring
through
biosensing
technology
allows
comprehensive
objective
analysis
than
previous
self-evaluations.
This
includes
identifying
depressive
episodes,
distinguishing
somatization
analyzing
etiology,
evaluating
effectiveness
programs.
review
summarizes
research
on
depression.
Special
attention
given
that
can
be
portable
or
wearable,
potential
enable
patient
use
outside
hospital,
periods.
Cancers,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(12), P. 2247 - 2247
Published: June 18, 2024
Diabetes,
obesity,
cardiovascular
diseases,
and
cancer
are
noncommunicable
diseases
representing
the
main
global
health
challenges
of
current
century
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