Association between Sasang constitutional types with obesity factors and sleep quality.

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in obesity factors according to Sasang constitutional types and quality of sleep among Korean female college students.

Methods: Surveys using Sasang-types questionnaires(QSCCⅡ) and quality of sleep questionnaires(PSQI; Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index) were conducted with 339 Korean female college students. Additionally, obesity factors, including weight, fat mass, fat percent, abdominal fat percent, body mass index (BMI) and obesity rates were measured.

Comparisons of physical fitness and body composition among Sasang types with and without body mass index as a covariate.

Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the difference of physical fitness and body composition among Sasang types with BMI as covariate, which is reported to have influence on physical fitness and body composition.

Methods: We measured the physical fitness and body composition of 930 korean female college students, and compared the differences among Sasang type groups with or without considering Body Mass Index (BMI). We evaluated muscle strength, agility, muscle endurance, power and flexibility for the physical fitness, and total body water, protein, muscle mass, mineral, lean body mass and fat mass for the body composition.

A suspected case of Lyme borreliosis in a hunting dog in Korea.

A two-year-old male Pointer had been presented with anorexia, cachexia, and weight loss of 10-day duration. Upon physical examination, fever, lethargy, superficial lymph node enlargement, and tick infestation were noted. The only abnormality in CBC and serum chemistry analyses was mild hyperglobulinemia.

Estrogens contribute to a sex difference in plasma potassium concentration: a mechanism for regulation of adrenal angiotensin receptors.

Background: The adrenal mineralocorticoid aldosterone promotes sodium (Na(+)) reabsorption and potassium (K(+)) loss from the kidney. Female sex steroids such as estrogen and progesterone are known modulators of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system.

Objective: We conducted studies to determine if there is a sex difference in plasma Na(+) concentration ([Na(+)]) and plasma K(+) concentration ([K(+)]), and if interactions between female sex steroids and aldosterone contribute to a sex difference in these electrolytes.