Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are increasing worldwide. This is mainly due to an unhealthy nutrition, implying that variation in CVD risk may be due to variation in the capacity to manage a nutritional load. We examined the genomic basis of postprandial metabolism. Our main purpose was to introduce the GEMM Family Study (Genetics of Metabolic Diseases in Mexico) as a multi-center study carrying out an ongoing recruitment of healthy urban adults. Each participant received a mixed meal challenge and provided a 5-hours’ time course series of blood, buffy coat specimens for DNA isolation, and adipose tissue (ADT)/skeletal muscle (SKM) biopsies at fasting and 3 h after the meal. A comprehensive profiling, including metabolomic signatures in blood and transcriptomic and proteomic profiling in SKM and ADT, was performed to describe tendencies for variation in postprandial response. Our data generation methods showed preliminary trends indicating that by characterizing the dynamic properties of biomarkers with metabolic activity and analyzing multi-OMICS data it could be possible, with this methodology and research design, to identify early trends for molecular biology systems and genes involved in the fasted and fed states.

RESUMEN. Introducción: El síndrome de Rapunzel es una forma inusual de tricobezoar gástrico, se localiza desde el estómago llegando a traspasar el píloro y extendiéndose hasta el intestino delgado y/o colon derecho. Se le llama bezoar a la formación de cuerpos extraños, debido a la ingestión de uno o varios materiales no digeribles. El tricobezoar, uno de los bezoares que más se presentan en la práctica clínica consisten en una masa formada por cabello debido a la ingestión de este.Objetivo: describir la frecuencia de signos y síntomas del síndrome de Rapunzel en los reportes de caso y ofrecer una comparación en edad pediátrica y adulta.Método. Revisión sistemática en la base de datos PubMed, Google Académico, EBSCO y Scopus, empleando los términos “Rapunzel syndrome” AND “case report” OR “Clinical case”Resultados. Un total de 110 artículos de reporte de caso fueron analizados, encontrando diferencias por sexo y edad. La tricotilomanía se distribuyó sin predominancia por grupo de edad. Se identificaron diferencias en el reporte de algunas manifestaciones clínicas al analizarlas por grupo de edad, incluyendo diarrea, constipación, vómitos y dolor abdominal. Los casos recidivantes representaron un 9%.Conclusiones: El síndrome de Rapunzel es una entidad que se encuentra en pacientes con patologías psiquiátricas como la tricotilomanía y la tricofagia. Es más frecuente en mujeres que en hombres. La técnica diagnóstica por elección fue la endoscopía y el tratamiento elegido incluyó la remoción quirúrgica con psicoterapia. Palabras clave: síndrome de Rapunzel, signos y síntomas, bezoar, diagnóstico, tricotilomanía, adolescencia. Introduction: Rapunzel syndrome is an unusual type of gastric trichobezoar, which is located from the stomach through the pylorus and extends into the small intestine and/or right colon. Tricobezoar is a collection of foreign bodies that can form in the stomach, small intestine or colon, due to the ingestion of one or more indigestible materials. trichobezoar, one of the most present bezoars in Clinical practice consists of a mass formed by hair due to the ingestion of it, either consciously or unconsciously. Objective: To compile case reports to identify and analyze little-known aspects of Rapunzel syndrome, as well as patient characteristics along with the best and most documented methods of diagnosis and treatment. Method. Systematic review in the Pubmed, Google Scholar, EBSCO and Scopus databases using as search terms: "Rapunzel syndrome" AND "case report" OR "Clinical case" Results: A total of 110 case report articles were analyzed, finding differences by sex and age. Trichotillomania was distributed without predominance by age group. Differences were identified in the reporting of some clinical manifestations when analyzed by age group, including diarrhea, constipation, vomiting and abdominal pain. Recidivist cases were 9%. Conclusion: Throughout the review of reported cases, we found that part of the patient's recovery includes psychiatric treatment; Rapunzel syndrome is not a mental disorder, however, both trichotillomania and pica as factors of it. The entity is more frequent in women than in men, the technique for diagnosis by choice was the endoscopy and the chosen treatment included surgical removal with psychotherapy. Keywords: Rapunzel Syndrome, Signs and Symptoms, Bezoar, Diagnosis Trichotillomania, Adolescence.

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is a global stressor. 1 It is well documented that higher levels of anxiety and depression in patients with functional neurological disorder (FND) are related to aggravation of symptoms, relapse of previous symptoms, and de novo appearance of symptoms in some cases. 1-3 Also, FND patients had an altered emotional processing, which is associated with symptom severity, poorer outcomes, diminished quality of life, reduced resilience and poorer prognosis. 4 The objective of the present study is to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the demand of emergency care (EC) for FND in a tertiary neurology hospital in Mexico during the lockdown, in comparison to care provided in the previous 2 years.This was a single-center, retrospective, cross-sectional study. The study was approved by the ethics and research committee. We included all