Hospital South West Jutland

Leg Muscle Assessment by HR-pQCT and DXA: Associations Between Imaging Measures and Muscle Function in Adults with Obesity – A Pilot Study

Abstract Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) are used for bone assessment but also image adjacent soft tissue. This pilot study examined association between HR-pQCT-measured leg muscle cross-sectional ar...

Hospitalisation in cirrhosis is linked to distinct gut microbiome structural and functional profiles: a multinational metagenomic study

Background Hospitalisations represent major clinical events in cirrhosis, yet prediction based on clinical variables alone remains limited. Objective Given the role of the gut microbiome in disease progression, we evaluated whether gut metagenomic profiles are associated with 90-...

Treatment of Hot Flashes in Men With Prostate Cancer Undergoing Androgen Deprivation Therapy

BACKGROUND: Hot flashes are common and often debilitating side effects of castration therapy; a cornerstone in the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer (PCa) as well as in localized or locally advanced PCa when combined with radiotherapy. The evidence for relieving vasomotor s...