Do adiponectin levels change with moderate dietary induced weight loss and exercise in obese postmenopausal women?
Plasma adiponectin levels do not change with a 6-month moderate weight reduction program even when accompanied by aerobic or resistive exercise training in overweight and obese postmenopausal women.
Influenza viral load monitoring in nasal swabs could be very valuable as virological endpoints in clinical trials to monitor treatment efficacy, in analogy to HIV, HBV & HCV viral load monitoring. However, the differences between left and right nostrils, as observed in this study, highlight the importance of proper sampling and the need for standardized sampling procedures.