Worldwide, hypertension is a substantial cause of cardiovascular disease and premature death. In the past few decades, global mean blood pressure has been somewhat stable and decreased due to the advancement and utilization of antihypertensive medications [1]. According to the Sept. 2023 WHO report, Hypertension affects 1 in 3 adults worldwide, among which 4 out of every 5 people are not effectively treated. 

Diabetes is a complex, multi-symptomatic disease whose complications drives increases in healthcare costs as the diabetes prevalence grows rapidly world-wide. Real-world electronic health records (EHRs) coupled with patient biospecimens, biological understanding, and technologies can characterize emerging diagnostic autoimmune markers resulting from proteomic discoveries.

Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS) is the terminology that describes the vascular compression of the celiac artery, which at times is associated with numerous gastrointestinal symptoms. Most notably, patients with MALS present with epigastric pain, often worsening post-prandially, and weight loss. Despite the often-striking symptom presentation of patients, significant hesitation in treating MALS is present, partially due to the lack of understanding of the pathophysiological mechanism of pain in this condition.

Clearly, elite soccer athletes can lose performance as the time matches comes to an end, due to fatigue, match intensity, dehydration, and also, oftentimes, due to poor nutrition or poor supply of energy through carbohydrates.

Youth soccer players undergo a maturational changes which result in physiological, anatomical, and biological changes during adolescence. During seven years of follow-up, it was observed that in youth soccer, the sprint distance and number of sprints increased by ~35%, whereas the number of high-intensity actions increased by ~50%.