A5009669454- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Bone health and treatments
- Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
- Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
- Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Diabetes Management and Research
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Diabetes and associated disorders
- Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects
- Vitamin D Research Studies
- Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Hyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients
- Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
- Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
- Diabetes Treatment and Management
- Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
- Bone and Joint Diseases
- Cancer Risks and Factors
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Pancreatic function and diabetes
- Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center
2017-2021
University of South Carolina
2021
Albany Stratton VA Medical Center Albany
2010-2014
Albany Medical Center Hospital
2010-2014
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
2011
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport
2003-2009
Overton Brooks VA Medical Center
2002-2009
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
2003-2006
Louisiana State University in Shreveport
2004
University Hospital and Clinics
2002
Case-control studies of patients with fractures have found that subjects diabetes at least a twofold higher risk fracture than without (1), an increased hip, humerus, and foot in elderly diabetic (2–4). Risk factors contribute to include number falls (5,6), insulin use (7,8), functional disability (9–11), duration (7,12), poor vision (7). Recent report older women African Americans incidence osteoporotic (13). In addition, lower bone strength (bone mineral density [BMD]) might be expected...
Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is rare; knowledge about prognostic factors and survival outcomes limited.To describe predictors of overall (OS) outcomes.Retrospective analysis data from the National Cancer Database (NCDB) 2004 to 2015 on 3185 patients with pathologically confirmed ACC.Baseline description, outcomes, were evaluated in ACC.Median age at ACC diagnosis was 55 (range: 18 90) years; did not differ significantly by sex or stage disease diagnosis. On multivariate analysis,...
Insulin is a key player in the control of hyperglycemia for type 1 diabetes patients and selective individuals 2 diabetes.Insulin delivery systems that are currently available administration insulin include syringes, infusion pumps, jet injectors pens.The traditional most predictable method by subcutaneous injections.The major drawback current forms therapy their invasive nature.To decrease suffering, use supersonic injectors, sharp needles pens has been adopted.Such intensive techniques...
Thyroid hormones as well the recently discovered secretory products of adipose tissue adiponectin and resistin take part in energy metabolism. To study changes adipocyte with thyroid functional status, we measured adiponectin, resistin, leptin 69 subjects Graves' disease before 32 patients at follow up after treatment for hyperthyroidism hypothyroid state. Concentrations serum were higher hyperthyroid state than (adiponectin: 5.73 +/- 1.1 vs. 3.0 0.5 ng/ml, P = 0.03) (resistin: 6.378 0.6...
Obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) are public health problems, with consequences economic costs that have raised concern worldwide. The increase in the prevalence of parallels obesity. Some experts call this dual epidemic ‘diabesity’ Elevated body mass index (BMI) waist circumference (WC) were significantly associated T2DM. One consequence obesity is an increased risk developing There evidence prenatal, early childhood, adolescent periods critical development Most obese individuals elevated...
Objective . Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a variety of skeletal and extraskeletal problems. The aim this study was to evaluate the prevalence vitamin among veterans in sunny Louisiana. Methods Using VA computerized patient record system, we searched for all 25 (OH) 1, levels that were measured between 2007 2009. information collected each included age, body mass index, creatinine, history diabetes hypertension, PTH. We determined number individuals who insufficient deficient....
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common in men worldwide and leading cause of deaths United States. Vitamin D considered to have anticancer properties, currently thought work mainly through its nuclear receptor or vitamin receptor. In this retrospective study, we compared levels subjects with PCa those age-matched without PCa. Study included 479 each group a mean age 73 creatinine 1.05 1.15. Levels 25 (OH) were 28.4 ± 0.54 28.05 0.62 1,25 47.2 6.8 47.1 7.11 contrast other studies,...
Prostate cancer is one of the most common malignancies in men. Charles Huggins and Clarence V. Hodges reported androgen dependence prostate 1941. That led to utilization deprivation therapy as an important therapeutic modality treat cancer. Androgen has additional systemic effects that include sexual dysfunction, psychological changes more are metabolic changes. Metabolic particular insulin resistance, increase fat mass low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, induce type 2 diabetes. In this...
AIMTo evaluate the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its relation to diabetes kidney disease in Veterans residing North East United States (VISN 2). METHODSIn this retrospective study, we used data from computerized patient record system at Stratton Administration Medical Center Albany, NY (VHA) for those patients who had 25-hydroxyvitamin levels 1,25 (OH) measured between 2007 2010.We collected demographic information including age, sex, body mass index race; clinical diabetes,...