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Targeting food addiction through an intensive energy-reduced Mediterranean diet lifestyle intervention: evidence from the 3-year PREDIMED-plus trial

Food addiction (FA) has been proposed as a behavioural phenotype linked to obesity, potentially influencing adherence and response to lifestyle interventions. Its role within long-term, multicomponent weight-loss programmes remains unclear. This study evaluated the impact of an i...

Mental health and substance use in Europe: initial steps towards a common European approach

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Comorbid substance use and other mental health disorders contribute to more than one million years lived with disability in Europe according to the Global Burden of Disease study. They require a comprehensive approach, yet, in Europe, there is considerable va...

ROBOTIC QUANTIFICATION AND CLINICAL VALIDATION OF SURGICAL STRATEGIES FOR INTRAOPERATIVE EXTENSION DEFICIENCY IN TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY: DEVELOPMENT OF A PREDICTIVE ALGORITHM

Purpose Intraoperative extension deficiency (IED) following trial implantation in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) must be distinguished from preoperative fixed flexion contracture (FFC). Its optimal management remains poorly quantified and likely depends on patient-specific biomech...

Predicting SILENT after lithium poisoning: a multicenter cohort study and pragmatic risk stratification model

INTRODUCTION: The Syndrome of Irreversible Lithium-Effectuated Neurotoxicity (SILENT) is a rare but potentially devastating complication of lithium poisoning. Current evidence rests on case reports and small series, leaving its true incidence, risk factors, and follow-up tools po...