We read the article by Kromhout et al. (1) with interest. The authors clearly suggest that lowdose supplementation of the n-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid, docosahexaenoic acid, and a-linolenic acid significantly reduces ventricular arrhythmia–related events in postmyocardial infarction patients with diabetes. An abnormal cardiac repolarization, due to an imbalance of the autonomic nervous...

Bystander use of automated external defibrillators (AED) can improve survival from out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), but utilization be variable. We hypothesized that AED distribution and is determined by race/ethnicity socioeconomic status neighborhoods. To evaluate the bystander-initiated for SCA events in a single large US community. All consecutive cases with resuscitation attemp...

1. American Diabetes Association. Diabetes Care. 2014;37(Suppl 1):S14-S80. 2. Department of Health and Children. Changing Cardiovascular Health: National Cardiovascular Health Policy, 2010-2019. Dublin, Ireland: Department of Health and Children; 2010. http://www.dohc.ie/publications/pdf/changing_cardiovascular_ health.pdf. Accessed 3 Oct 2014. 3. Canavan R. Presented at: National Association o...

CONTEXT Wide variations in Medicare expenditures exist across regions, but little is known about whether beneficiaries residing in low-expenditure regions perceive receiving lower-quality care than those in high-expenditure regions. OBJECTIVE To evaluate how Medicare beneficiaries' perceptions of their health care are related to per capita expenditure in the areas where they live. DESIGN, SET...

BACKGROUND Starch, a homopolysaccharide is an important and an abundant food reserve and energy source. Starches are processed to yield different products which find many industrial applications. Alpha-amylases hydrolyze starch by cleaving α-1,4-glucosidic bonds and have been used in food, textile and pharmaceutical industries [Sun et al. 2010]. Enzymatic conversion of starch with amylase prese...

BACKGROUND Oilseed rape and maize crops represent a large part of agriculture fields in European countries. OBJECTIVE To establish the actual prevalence of sensitization to oilseed rape and maize pollen, and to determine if this is correlated to the amount of exposure as well as to the patient's history of atopy or asymptomatic atopy. METHODS The study was conducted by 69 allergists belongi...