Jean-Claude Melchior

TL;DR: The use of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is widespread both in healthy subjects and patients, but suffers from a lack of standardized method and quality control procedures.

TL;DR: Clinical use of BIA in subjects at extremes of BMI ranges or with abnormal hydration cannot be recommended for routine assessment of patients until further validation has proven for BIA algorithm to be accurate in such conditions.

TL;DR: This study demonstrates an association between the cortisol:DHEA ratio, lipid alterations and lipodystrophy, which might result from an imbalance between peripheral lipolysis and lipogenesis, both regulated by cortisol and DHEA.

TL;DR: Recent evidences from physiology, genetics, epigenetics, and brain imaging which allow to consider AN as an abnormality of reward pathways or an attempt to preserve mental homeostasis are reviewed.

TL;DR: Age, stage of disease, number of previous opportunistic infections, and antiviral therapies were not associated with a change in survival, and only CD4 counts, lean body mass/height squared, and CRP remained significant independent predictors of survival after controlling for other factors.