Background—Common diseases, particularly dementia, entail large social costs, previously well described for the U.S. population. Less is known about end-of-life costs of specific diseases and the associated financial risk for individual households. Objective—To examine social costs and financial risks faced by Medicare beneficiaries five years before death. Design—Retrospective cohort. Setting—...

Type 2 diabetes is characterized by hyperglycemia due to insulin resistance in the target tissue and insufficient insulin secretion from the beta cells. Finding new mechanisms and pathways involved in the regulation of insulin secretion from the pancreatic beta cells is of great importance. Our group has earlier found, miRNA-212 and miRNA-132 to be upregulated in the non-obese type 2 diabetic G...

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Abstract Bystrite is redefined as a four-layer cancrinite-group mineral with the Losod-type framework and end-member formula Na 7 Ca(Al 6 Si O 24 )S 5 2– Cl – . The known only at Malo–Bystrinskoe gem lazurite deposit, Baikal Lake area, Siberia, Russia. associated minerals are calcite, lazurite, sodalite, fluorapatite, phlogopite, diopside, dolomite plagioclase. brittle, Mohs hardness of distinc...