Barnardine or Death as an Option

Dialysate as food as an option for automated peritoneal dialysis

Protein-energy malnutrition is frequently found in dialysis patients. Many factors play a role in its development including deficient nutrient intake as a result of anorexia. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) solutions containing a mixture of amino acids and glucose in an appropriate ratio could serve as a source of food. The authors of this article found that such a dialysis solution when administered ...

Nucleotides in infant nutrition: a must or an option.

Nucleotides are compounds that play a key role in numerous intracellular biochemical processes. Synthesized de novo by the body utilizing amino acid precursors or salvaged from degraded nucleic acids and nucleotides, they cannot be considered essential nutrients. However, the term semi or conditionally essential nutrients can be applied in certain conditions where the body’s needs are greater t...

No physical activity or exercise is not an option.

THE INCIDENCE of coronary artery disease (CAD) increases with increasing plasma low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol concentrations and decreases with increasing high-density lipoproteincholesterol (HDL-C) concentrations. Plasma triglycerides levels are an accepted risk factor for peripheral vascular disease and for CAD in women and for individuals with diabetes, but in the past, plasma triglyce...

College: an option for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

Visualize cars loaded down with the trappings for a college dorm, the student seeing their college housing complexes, parents carrying all those boxes in, and the newly minted freshmen surveying the landscape nervously but with happy anticipation. A student sees possibilities at every turn, but the parent is conflicted about the “launch.” Sons and daughters convince moms and dads that it is tim...

Thinking Atopic Dermatitis Treatment Differently: Specific Immunotherapy as an Option