Link Between Ferritin, Vitamin D, Performance, and Eating Attitudes in Female Athletes.

Iron and vitamin D deficiencies can affect athletes' health and performance. However, the epidemiology and associated risk factors remain unclear. Forty-three elite female athletics athletes (20.

Homecare nurses' length of conversation and intention to remain at the workplace: A multilevel analysis.

Aims: To examine the relationship between homecare nurses' length of conversation with nurse managers and colleagues and intention to remain at the workplace.

Background: Nurse turnover is an important issue. Previous studies focused on the perceived function of communication.

The association between detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis DNA in feces and histopathological classification.

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is the causative agent of Johne's disease (JD), a chronic infectious disease that causes intractable diarrhea in ruminants. To control the occurrence of JD in cattle, a national surveillance is conducted in Japan.

Effects of add-on treatment with sitagliptin on narrowing the range of glucose fluctuations in Japanese type 2 diabetes patients receiving insulin therapy.

Background: In an earlier continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)-based study, we reported that sitagliptin not only reduced 24-h mean glucose levels but also suppressed postprandial glucose increases, thus reducing the range of glycemic fluctuations in type 2 diabetes patients. In this study, we investigated whether sitagliptin might provide similar benefits in type 2 diabetes patients receiving insulin therapy by using CGM.

Patients And Methods: The study included a total of 13 type 2 diabetes patients in whom stable glycemic control had been achieved after admission for glycemic control.

Hypoxic preconditioning increases triiodothyronine (T3) level in the developing rat brain.

Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is one of the major causes of neurodegeneration and mortality in the neonatal period. Although hypoxic preconditioning (HPC) provided strong neuroprotection against HIE in an animal model, the mechanism underlying this effect is not fully understood especially in the immature brain. Here, we investigated whether thyroid hormones (THs), especially triiodothyronine (T3), which are essential during normal brain development, contribute to the neuroprotective mechanisms of HPC by using an established model of HPC in neonatal rats.

Maternal carbon dioxide level during labor and its possible effect on fetal cerebral oxygenation: mini review.

During pregnancy, and especially during labor, the maternal carbon dioxide level declines considerably. Maternal carbon dioxide levels show a close relation with fetal carbon dioxide levels. The latter affects fetal cerebral oxygenation by regulating cerebral blood flow and shifting the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve.

Maternal hyperventilation during labor revisited: its effects on fetal oxygenation.

To investigate the relationship between maternal hyperventilation and fetal blood gas values and to estimate its possible association with fetal oxygenation, maternal transcutaneous partial pressure of carbon dioxide (tcP(CO2)) values were analyzed in association with umbilical venous P(CO2) (UVP(CO2)), umbilical venous partial pressure of oxygen (UVP(O2)), and umbilical venous oxyhemoglobin saturation (UVHbo (2)) values. Pregnant women without labor (30.7 ± 3.

Liraglutide narrows the range of circadian glycemic variations in Japanese type 2 diabetes patients and nearly flattens these variations in drug-naive type 2 diabetes patients: a continuous glucose monitoring-based study.

Background: Liraglutide was examined for its effects on 24-h glucose fluctuations in Japanese type 2 diabetes patients as well as for its differential effects depending on glucose tolerance status after favorable glycemic control was obtained in these patients.

Patients And Methods: In this prospective open-label pilot study, a total of 20 type 2 diabetes patients hospitalized for glycemic control were given liraglutide 0.3 mg, followed by liraglutide 0.

Effects of sitagliptin on 24-h glycemic changes in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes assessed using continuous glucose monitoring.

Background: This study was performed to examine the efficacy of sitagliptin, a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor, in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) of 24-h glycemic changes.

Subjects And Methods: The study was a prospective open-label pilot study in patients with type 2 diabetes who were admitted to our hospital and treated with sitagliptin alone or concomitantly with another oral hypoglycemic drug. CGM was performed for 2 days before sitagliptin administration and for another 2 days after administration.

A novel missense mutation in a Japanese patient with gelatinous droplike corneal dystrophy.

Purpose: To report a novel missense mutation in TACSTD2 gene, L186P, responsible for gelatinous droplike dystrophy (GDLD).

Design: Case report and experimental study.

Method: A 10-year-old Japanese boy suffering from typical GDLD was studied.