Henry Krum, Pioneering Heart Failure Researcher

Dr. S. Donald (Don) Stookey (1915–2014): Pioneering Researcher and Adventurer

Don Stookey, the father of glass–ceramics, was a pioneer in inducing and understanding internal nucleation phenomena in glass. His early work on dense opal glasses and photosensitive precipitation of gold and silver in glass led to an amazing series of inventions: Fotalite®, a photosensitive opal, chemically machined Fotoform® and Fotoceram®, and TiO2-nucleated PyroceramTM products including mi...

Henry L. Jaffe, MD (1896-1979), a pioneering authority on bone diseases: reflections and an appreciation.

The almost forgotton American pioneer in the history of bone pathology Henry L. Jaffe, MD died 20 years ago. He was instrumental in first describing many pathologic osseous conditions, both neoplastic and non-tumorous. His scientific achievement qualifies Dr Jaffe as a true giant of bont pathology.

Emerging Drug Therapies for Heart Failure

Heart failure is associated with high morbidity and mortality and is proving to be an economic burden in developing countries. A number of therapeutic agents are presently employed in heart failure; but they are not sufficient to control symptoms of heart failure. Moreover, the prevalence of chronic heart failure is progressively increasing and thus there is a continuing need to develop effecti...

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Is there any difference between Vitamin D deficiency among heart failure and Non-heart failure elderly with cardiovascular disease?

Vitamin D deficiency is common among the elderly with and without heart failure (HF). This study was designed to identify the degree of vitamin D deficiency among HF and Non- HF elderly with cardiovascular disease. In this study, fifty hospitalized elderly patients with HF (26 women and 24 men, age range 60-90 years) and fifty elderly without HF were randomly selected. The level of serum 25-hyd...