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Liquorice-induced hypokalaemia and water retention in the absence of hypertension
No full textThis is a case report of a woman who showed headache, weakness, upper-limb edema and a generalized convulsive seizure after chronic ingestion of liquorice. She was taking oral contraceptives which can predispose to liquorice toxicity. Plasma potassium, aldosterone, renin activity and albumin were below the normal level. The abdominal echography and computerized tomography scan demonstrated a perihepatic and perisplenic thin liquid layer with liquid collection in the pelvis. The bioelectrical impedance suggested a hyperhydration state. After stopping the liquorice, the laboratory and bioelectrical values normalized and clinical upper-limb edema and the liquid in the abdomen disappeared in a few days. Copyright (c) 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Primary school children and nutrition: lifestyles and behavioral traits associated with a poor-to-moderate adherence to the Mediterranean diet. A cross-sectional study
No full textThe Mediterranean diet has consistently shown a beneficial influence on health and longevity. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to identify all the various factors—such as socio-demographics, lifestyles, and behavioral traits—associated with the risk of a poor adherence to the Mediterranean diet in a sample of Italian primary school children. The study sample included 267 children in their first year of primary school. Their mothers were asked to answer an anonymous, self-administered questionnaire that investigated their children’s adherence to the Mediterranean diet (using the KidMed score) and variables related to their lifestyles, behavioral traits, and socio-economic factors. A multivariate logistic regression was performed to test the association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and the other variables investigated. Most of the children involved in this study (73.9%) were classifiable as having a poor-to-moderate adherence to the Mediterranean diet. Higher odds of a poor adherence to the Mediterranean diet were associated with videogame playing for more than 1 h a day and lower levels of mothers’ health consciousness. On the other hand, the odds were lower in association with more time spent practicing sport, higher levels of prosocial behavior, and with mothers having a high school education as opposed to fewer years of schooling. Conclusions: These results point to the need to consider the role of mothers’ health consciousness and formal education in influencing their children’s diets. Health promotion interventions should focus on the importance of a healthy overall lifestyle, which includes not only appropriate nutrition but also time spent on physical activity and leisure activities (such as playing videogames).What is Known:• Most of the children were classified as having a poor or moderate adherence to the Mediterranean diet. This result reflects a trend common to numerous countries of the Mediterranean area in recent years.• A mother’s level of formal education influences her child’s diet.What is New:• Higher levels of prosocial traits coincided with lower odds of a poor adherence to the Mediterranean diet
Effect of sugar cane policosanol on lipid profile in primary hypercholesterolemia.
No full textPolicosanol, a mixture of long-chain aliphatic primary alcohols, is used as a cholesterol-lowering supplements.
The effectiveness of policosanol is still questionable. To determine the lipoprotein-lowering effects of Cuban
sugar cane-derived policosanol a double-blind, randomized, placebo controlled trial was performed. Sixtyeight
primary hypercholesterolemic subjects were enrolled and randomly assigned to the treatment or to the
control group. The first group received sugar cane policosanol 20 mg daily for 8 weeks, while the control group
was treated with placebo. All subjects followed a normocaloric diet. The content of policosanol in the supplement
tablets was assessed by gas chromatography. A total of 32 subjects in the policosanol group and 31
subjects in the control group completed the study. Body mass index, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDLcholesterol
and triglyceride plasma levels did not change significantly in either group. In conclusion, sugar cane
policosano
Irreversible subacute sclerotic combined degeneration of the spinal cord in a vegan subject.
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Sugar cane policosanol failed to lower plasma cholesterol in primitive, diet-resistant hypercholesterolaemia: A double blind, controlled study
Full text linkPrevious clinical studies have shown that oral administration of sugar cane policosanol (SCP) reduces plasma total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. A double blind, randomized, placebo controlled trial was performed in hypercholesterolaemic, diet-resistant patients. Seventy patients meeting the selection criteria were enrolled. Each subject was treated with policosanol 10 mg/d in addition to a dietetic regimen for 8 weeks. At the start and at the end of the study body weight, body mass index (BMI), total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and triglycerides (TG) plasma levels were measured. Thirty-three subjects in the policosanol and Thirty-one subjects in the control group completed the study. During the study body mass index, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and triglycerides plasma levels did not change significantly within and between groups. In conclusion, sugar cane policosanol at a dose of 10 mg/d showed no lipid lowering effects in subjects with primitive, diet-resistant hypercholesterolaemia
Knowledges about herbal products among subjects on warfarin therapy and patient-physician relationship: a pilot study
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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