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Total body skeletal muscle mass: estimation by creatine (methyl-d3) dilution in humans.
(J Appl Physiol (1985), 2014-06-15)
Current methods for clinical estimation of total body skeletal muscle mass have significant
limitations. We tested the hypothesis that creatine (methyl-d3) dilution (D3-creatine)
measured by enrichment of urine D3-creatinine ...
Cognitive Function: Is There More to Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation Than Stroke?
(J Am Heart Assoc, 2015-08-03)
Genome-wide association study of acute kidney injury after coronary bypass graft surgery identifies susceptibility loci.
(Kidney Int, 2015-10)
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common, serious complication of cardiac surgery. Since
prior studies have supported a genetic basis for postoperative AKI, we conducted a
genome-wide association study (GWAS) for AKI following ...
Detection of Bartonella species in the blood of veterinarians and veterinary technicians: a newly recognized occupational hazard?
(Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis, 2014-08)
BACKGROUND: Bartonella species are important emerging pathogens in human and veterinary
medicine. In the context of their daily activities, veterinary professionals have
frequent animal contact and arthropod exposures. Detection ...
Effects of FOXO genotypes on longevity: a biodemographic analysis.
(J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci, 2010-12)
Based on data from 760 centenarians and 1060 middle-age controls (all Han Chinese),
this article contributes biodemographic insights and syntheses concerning the magnitude
of effects of the FOXO genotypes on longevity. We ...
Effects of the dietary approaches to stop hypertension diet, exercise, and caloric restriction on neurocognition in overweight adults with high blood pressure.
(Hypertension, 2010-06)
High blood pressure increases the risks of stroke, dementia, and neurocognitive dysfunction.
Although aerobic exercise and dietary modifications have been shown to reduce blood
pressure, no randomized trials have examined ...
Quantifying the utility of taking pills for preventing adverse health outcomes: a cross-sectional survey.
(BMJ Open, 2015-05-11)
OBJECTIVES: The utility value attributed to taking pills for prevention can have a
major effect on the cost-effectiveness of interventions, but few published studies
have systematically quantified this value. We sought to ...
Randomized trial on mindfulness training for smokers targeted to a disadvantaged population.
(Subst Use Misuse, 2014-04)
We report the results of a randomized trial comparing a novel smoking cessation treatment
Mindfulness Training for Smokers (MTS) to a usual care therapy (Controls), which included
the availability of a tobacco quit line ...
Provider specialty and atrial fibrillation treatment strategies in United States community practice: findings from the ORBIT-AF registry.
(J Am Heart Assoc, 2013-07-18)
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) continues to increase; however,
there are limited data describing the division of care among practitioners in the
community and whether care differs depending on provider ...
The human antibody response to the surface of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
(PLoS One, 2014)
BACKGROUND: Vaccine-induced human antibodies to surface components of Haemophilus
influenzae and Streptococcus pneumonia are correlated with protection. Monoclonal
antibodies to surface components of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...