Sevelamer and CKD-associated cardiovascular disease: going further, but far from there

Cardiovascular Disease in CKD

Is there any relationship between cardiovascular disease and androgenetic alopecia in men and women?

Background: Worldwide, coronary heart disease is the most important cause of mortality and morbidity. Although numerous studies have documented the relationship between male pattern baldness and cardiovascular disease (CVD), few studies focused on this association in women. This study intended to evaluate the relationship between coronary artery disease and androgenetic alopecia (AGA) in ...

Going nuclear in metabolic and cardiovascular disease.

Estrogen receptors, PPARs, and liver X receptors are members of the nuclear receptor superfamily of ligand-dependent transcription factors that regulate diverse aspects of development and homeostasis. Recent studies of the biologic roles of these receptors and their mechanisms of action have significantly advanced our understanding of transcriptional programs that control lipid and carbohydrate...

Dietary fiber intake is associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression and cardiovascular risk, but not protein nutritional status, in adults with CKD.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Evidence suggests that dietary fiber benefits patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD); however, this conclusion requires further validation. In this study, we examined the effects of dietary fiber on kidney function, inflammation, indoxyl sulfate, nutritional status, and cardiovascular risk in patients with advanced CKD. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN We performed linea...

Going Far, Logically

There are numerous applications where we need to ensure that multiple moving objects are sufficiently far apart. Furthermore, in many moving object domains, there is positional indeterminacy — we are not 100% sure exactly when a given moving object will be at a given location. [Yaman et al., 2004] provided a logic of motion but did not provide algorithms to ensure that moving objects are kept s...