76-years-old female with OP took alendronate weekly for 10 years till 2006, then every other week for another year and was initiated on a drug holiday. She started self-administrating SrC (680mg/day) in 2006 and continued to take daily calcium (600mg bid) and vitamin D (2000units). Serum calcium and Vitamin D (32-66ng/ml) remained normal. She continued SrC on her own till 2012, when she agreed ...

japan, known as a pro-choice country in terms of abortion, is currently facing the increase of “selective abortions” thanks to new prenatal screening. efforts to restrict proliferation of new technology has not been successful and it is likely that japan will turn pro-life by strictly enforcing the maternity protection act (mpa), which prohibits abortions due to “fetal cause”.

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to investigate for links between reported pain and inflammation within a sub-cohort patients undergoing the IPOM plus repair through measurement serum/plasma levels established inflammatory biomarkers in trial participants across 1-year follow up. Methods 22 (12 Protack™ 10 Reliatack™) TACKoMesh randomised controlled underwent serial blood sampling ...

The aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate the accuracy of quantitative cardiac computed tomography (CT) parameters and two cardiac biomarkers (N-terminal-pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP) and troponin I), alone and in combination, for predicting right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) in patients with acute pulmonary embolism. 557 consecutive patients with suspected pulmonary emb...

BACKGROUND Hyperuricaemia has long been known to be associated with cardiovascular disease, and it is particularly common in patients with kidney disease, metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus. Metabolic syndrome is associated with pro-inflammatory and prothrombotic state. AIM To examine the association between renal function, serum uric acid and markers of both pro-inflammatory and prothr...

Serum N-terminal pro b-type natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP) testing is recommended in the patients with heart failure (HF). We hypothesized that NT-pro-BNP, in combination with other clinical factors in terms of a novel NT-pro BNP-based score, may provide even better predictive power for in-hospital mortality among patients with HF. A retrospective study enrolled adult patients with hospitaliz...