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ACMN Vit D3 and osteoporosis

A recent report in JAMA has highlighted a potential problem with very high dose oral cholecalciferol in elderly people “A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 2256 community-dwelling women, aged 70 years or older, considered to be at high risk of fracture were recruited from June 2003 to June 2005 and were randomly assigned to receive cholecalciferol or placebo each autumn to winter for 3 ...

Interpreting the Laboratory Reports for Vit D.

Importance for Vit D estimation has increased in the recent years due to its link to various diseases. Measurements of Vit D by different diagnostic laboratories is however not uniform. There is variation pertaining to assay methodology and also variation in the measurement of different metabolites of Vit D. There are also various confounders which influence Vit D assays and which in most insta...

Fugitive Saint

Angela Verne. (Catholic Printing Company, Farnwort'1' Bolton, Lanes. 18s.) "According to legend, she (St. Dymphna) fled from Ireland to Gheel with the priest Gonerbernus to escape the unholy desire of her own father, a pagan kl0fc of Ireland. The latter, however, discovered their whereabouts and put them ^ death." These stark sentences, which embody all that is known of the patron sain of the f...

Saint Bartholomew's Hospital Reports

Ludovic Saint - Bauzel

1Department of Human and Information Systems, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan 2Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of North Florida, 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA 3Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University, Mapoku, Seoul 121-742, Republic of Korea 4 Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique, Univ...