Masaaki Inaba

TL;DR: It is suggested that GA provides a significantly better measure to estimate glycemic control in hemodialysis patients with diabetes and that the assessment of gly glucose control by HbA(1c) in these patients might lead to underestimation likely as a result of the increasing proportion of young erythrocyte by the use of erythropoietin.

TL;DR: The results indicate that use of oral alfacalcidol was associated with reduced risk for cardiovascular death in this cohort of ESRD patients, and warrants further randomized controlled trials with 1alpha-hydroxy vitamin D3 to confirm the possibility that such medication improves survival of E SRD patients.

TL;DR: The duration and severity of RA and decreased activities of daily living, but not corticosteroid treatment, were independently associated with the increased arterial wall thickness.

TL;DR: The presence of AAC is significantly associated with both all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis patients, suggesting that careful attention should be given to the presence of the AAC in a simple radiograph of the lateral abdomen as a prognostic indicator.

TL;DR: Evaluation of neuroinflammation in CFS/ME patients may be essential for understanding the core pathophysiology and for developing objective diagnostic criteria and effective medical treatments.