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DaVita Beats Estimates on Revenues - Zacks.com |
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Segment wise, revenues from the Dialysis and related Lab Services segment for the quarter came in at $1.51 billion as against $1.48 billion in the prior-year quarter. Operating income for the segment decreased to $250 million in the reported quarter
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Sodium retention action of thiazolidinediones linked to increased proximal tubular absorption. |
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EurekAlert: Seki's team has found that TZDs also have direct effects on channels in the kidney known as the proximal tubules. TZDs rapidly stimulate sodium-coupled bicarbonate absorption from renal proximal tubules. Inhibitors of PPAR? or other players in the pathway suppress that stimulation, they report.
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Link to EPOGH study in JAMA on urinary sodium and CV death risk. |
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JAMA: Conclusions In this population-based cohort, systolic blood pressure, but not diastolic pressure, changes over time aligned with change in sodium excretion, but this association did not translate into a higher risk of hypertension or CVD complications. Lower sodium excretion was associated with higher CVD mortality.
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Off topic: If true, this will be changing all of our lives (in Italian). |
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RAI News: (using Google Translate): The 'Energy Catalyzer, invented by the Italian Andrea Rossi, a prototype is still mysterious but promises a revolution in how we produce energy. The 'Cat-And no one can explain how it works, but seems to turn a few grams of nickel, a bit' of hydrogen and a "secret ingredient" in abundant kilowatt hour. Rossi is still awaiting the issuance of a patent, but positive tests and expert witnesses seem to confirm that "must be a process of the nuclear variety." And then, as he tells Rainews the President of the energy of the Royal Academy of Sweden, Sven Kullander: "If it really works is the Nobel Prize." A hoax? A collective hallucination? Or a radical innovation? The envoy Rainews Angelo Saso has gathered the voices of the actors and experts to uncover the background of this invention that promises to change the world. "
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Ain't necessarily so: Observational study suggests lower sodium intake increases risk of death from heart attack and strokes.. |
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NY Times: A new study found that low-salt diets increase the risk of death from heart attacks and strokes and do not prevent high blood pressure, but the research’s limitations mean the debate over the effects of salt in the diet is far from over.
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