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Monogenic obesity due to MC4R deficiency: lessons from a multigenerational case

Eleni Z. Giannopoulou, Stefanie Zorn, Melanie Schirmer, Stephanie Brandt-Heunemann et al. • Molecular and Cellular Pediatrics (2026)

Abstract Background Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) deficiency is the most common monogenic cause of obesity, yet remains underdiagnosed. Patients with monogenic obesity often undergo a frustrating diagnostic and therapeutic odyssey of years...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40348-025-00214-z

Enhancing clinician participation in quality improvement training: implementation and impact of an evidence-based initiative to maximise antenatal clinician participation in training regarding women’s alcohol consumption during pregnancy

J. Dray, M. Licata, E. Doherty, B. Tully et al. • BMC Health Services Research (2022)

Abstract Background There are significant challenges in ensuring sufficient clinician participation in quality improvement training. Clinician capability has been identified as a barrier to the delivery of evidence-based care. Clinician tra...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07717-9

Total mercury exposure in early pregnancy has no adverse association with scholastic ability of the offspring particularly if the mother eats fish

Joseph Hibbeln, Steven Gregory, Yasmin Iles-Caven, Caroline M. Taylor et al. • Environment International (2018)

There is a public perception that relatively low doses of mercury found in seafood are harmful to the fetal brain but little consistent evidence to support this. In earlier publications we have shown no adverse associations between maternal...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.03.024