Growth Hormone Veneto Region Registry for surveillance and therapy monitoring since 2013

Surveillance for West Nile, Dengue, and Chikungunya Virus Infections, Veneto Region, Italy, 2010

In 2010, in Veneto Region, Italy, surveillance of summer fevers was conducted to promptly identify autochthonous cases of West Nile fever and increase detection of imported dengue and chikungunya in travelers. Surveillance highlighted the need to modify case definitions, train physicians, and when a case is identified, implement vector control measures.

Marketing Strategies for Organic Wine Growers in the Veneto Region

Growth hormone therapy for protein catabolism.

GH and IGF-I have shown remarkable consistency of effect in a wide range of catabolic conditions. Doses of around 10 IU/m2/day of GH and 80 micrograms/kg/day of IGF-I over short periods of time can improve net protein synthesis and preserve lean body mass. Most studies have reported metabolic endpoints, but favorable clinical effects have included decreased hospital stay and mortality in burns,...

Optimization of growth hormone therapy in growth hormone deficient children.

Successful treatment with human growth hormone (hGH) was initially reported by Raben in 19581. Although itis well established that pituitary derived or biosynthetic hGH increases the growth rate in growth hormone deficient children, many patients that were treated in the early days have not reached their target height, or attained adult height below the third percentile of population standards ...

Postmenopausal hormone therapy and stroke: role of time since menopause and age at initiation of hormone therapy.

BACKGROUND We evaluated stroke risk associated with hormone therapy (HT) in younger women, in recently menopausal women, and in older women. METHODS Prospective, observational analyses were performed in postmenopausal participants of the Nurses' Health Study, from 1976 to 2004, with biennial mailed questionnaires. Proportional hazards models were used to calculate multivariable-adjusted relat...