BACKGROUND Swallowing dysfunction is an increasingly recognized problem in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), which can result in aspiration pneumonia and death. Few studies have examined potential ways of improving swallowing function in this fragile patient group. The aim of this study was to evaluate swallowing dysfunction and carbonated liq...

In the recent years, we have witnessed a growing consumption of carbonated beverages like soft drinks and beer, marketed in attractive containers and packaging. Technology has certainly played its part in the increased consumption of carbonated beverages with the adventof glass bottles, cans, plastic bottles, high speed packaging lines and evolving packaging systems. Packaging carbonated produc...

A 70-year-old man presented to cardiology clinic with recurrent syncope associated with consumption of carbonated beverages. Ambulatory monitoring revealed multiple symptomatic ventricular pauses. A barium esophagram was unremarkable, and the patient underwent placement of a dual chamber pacemaker for deglutition syncope with resolution of symptoms. A challenge of carbonated beverage was given,...

Crushed serpentinite quarried in Montgomery County, Maryland, has been extensively used for paving roads and other surfaces. The mineral assemblage includes antigorite or lizardite as well as chrysotile and tremolite. Air samples taken in the vicinity of serpentine-paved roads show that chrysotile concentrations are about 10(3) times greater than those typically found in urban ambient air in th...

This report describes the treatment of osetomyelitis of the femur of 9-month-old dog with the use of heterologous carbonated nanocrystal bone mineral and collagen, stabilised by a bone plate. In this dog, due to mistakes during earlier stabilisation, bone infection and sequestration had arisen. After antibiotic therapy, plating stabilisation was carried out. Osteosynthesis with the use of dynam...

BACKGROUND Sugar-sweetened soft drinks have been linked to a number of adverse health outcomes such as high weight gain. Therefore, artificially sweetened soft drinks are often promoted as an alternative. However, the safety of artificial sweeteners has been disputed, and consequences of high intakes of artificial sweeteners for pregnant women have been minimally addressed. OBJECTIVE We exami...

In the present study, the potential for the alkali–silica reaction (ASR) in radiation shielding concrete containing special aggregates is presented. The tests were performed on two kinds of aggregate: (1) high-density aggregate to absorb the gamma radiation (barite, magnetite, and hematite) and (2) mineral with high bound water content to attenuate the neutron flux (serpentinite). The optical m...

This study was designed to investigate the possible effects of consuming Na-rich carbonated mineral water on bone remodelling and urinary mineral excretion in postmenopausal women. Women (n 18) included were amenorrhoeic (>1 year), healthy and not obese (BMI <30 kg/m2). No woman was taking oestrogen replacement therapy, mineral and vitamin supplements, phyto-oestrogens or medications known to a...