Publications by authors named "D R Mount"
Article Synopsis
- Outdoor play is crucial for children's health and development, and ECECs can help provide this access.
- The PRO-ECO study tested an intervention designed to increase outdoor play in children aged 2.5 to 6 years across eight ECECs in Vancouver.
- Although the initial results showed no significant overall changes in outdoor play participation, there was a slight positive trend in the intervention group 6 months post-implementation, suggesting further research is needed to evaluate the intervention's effectiveness fully.
Uric acid is a toxin retained with advancing kidney disease. Clinical manifestations of hyperuricemia include gout and systemic inflammation that are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular mortality. As many as one-third of all patients with chronic kidney disease have a history of gout, yet <25% of these patients are effectively treated to target serum urate levels of ≤6 mg/dl.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCaffeine Inhibits Both Basal and Insulin-Activated Urate Transport.
Arthritis Rheumatol
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant that may lower serum urate levels and help prevent gout through its impact on urate transporters.
- Research involving human renal cells and frog oocytes showed that caffeine inhibits urate uptake more effectively than adenosine, especially in the presence of insulin.
- The findings suggest that caffeine's ability to inhibit specific urate transporters, particularly under high insulin conditions, could be a significant factor in its urate-lowering effects.