The current pandemic due to widespread SARS-CoV-19 infection has again highlighted the
role of obesity, whose global prevalence increased up to 13%, as a risk factor for both …

Psoriasis affects the health of myriad populations around the world. The pathogenesis is
multifactorial, and the exact driving factor remains unclear. This condition arises from the …

Significance: A 2018 retrospective analysis of Medicare beneficiaries identified that∼ 8.2
million people had wounds with or without infections. Medicare cost estimates for acute and …

Objective. The correlation between obesity and deficient wound healing has long been
established. This review examines the current literature on the mechanisms involved in …

Obesity is a worldwide major public health problem with an alarmingly increasing
prevalence over the past 2 decades. The consequences of obesity in the skin are …

Whereas the physiologic wound healing (WH) successfully proceeds through the clearly
defined sequence of the individual phases of wound healing, chronic non-healing …

Background Previous studies found conflicting results about whether atopic dermatitis (AD)
is associated with overweight/obesity. Objective We sought to examine the relationship …

The body's response to tissue injury in a healthy individual is an intricate, sequential
physiologic process that results in timely healing with full re-epithelialization, resolution of …

One of the most notable limitations of laboratory-based health research is its inability to
continuously monitor health-relevant physiological processes as individuals go about their …

4. Dr. Gregory Kaltsas MD FRCP (Lon) is a Professor in General Medicine and
Endocrinology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He was …