Youth Commission: What to do about bed-wetting Aug 5, 2008
Some children may have low levels of a hormone called antidiuretic hormone. This hormone helps the kidneys retain water, and with low levels, more urine is produced. (Needham Tab, MA)
Pituitary Gland Tumors Feb 24, 2008
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH), also called vasopressin, to help maintain body water. Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) to regulate the reproductive glands. (Suite101.com)
Food: No worry Aug 3, 2007
" Man, under which rock does this guy live? All the people I talk with are soooo obviously more tuned in to the real world than HH. We've worried about food safety for years. You know: E coli in the meat, tainted poultry, botulism, poisonous seafood from China, high mercury levels in the albacore, contaminated produce from Mexico, bad coffee from S. America, etc, etc, etc. New regulations disclosing country of origin and content along with better means of inspecting both imported and US produced... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Voting outmoded Aug 2, 2007
EDS wrote on Aug 1, 2007 10:41 AM:" This is another excellent analysis of legislation by the ADH editor. What this legislation indirectly allows is two or three union thugs to hang around the new employee until he feels intimidated enough to sign the union card/application. The liberal mainly Democratic legislators feel they had no choice to write the law in this way since the unions are their main or one of their main contributors to their election campaigns. And since they want to be... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Pakistan government had no choice on mosque-papers Jul 11, 2007
Source: Muslim Aid - UK Source: Malteser International - Germany Source: Medical Teams International - USA Source: Mercy Corps Source: ADH - Germany. An aerial view of the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, compound in the centre of a residential area in Islamabad July 8, 2007. (AlertNet)
Indian police break up Kashmir protests Jul 8, 2007
Source: Muslim Aid - UK Source: Malteser International - Germany Source: Medical Teams International - USA Source: Mercy Corps Source: ADH - Germany. A newly married couple travels by boat through a flooded road at Khanakul, about 200 km (126 miles) west from the eastern Indian city of Kolkata July 7, 2007. (AlertNet)
Indian state digs in as rains bring locust threat Jul 7, 2007
Source: Red Cross - UK Source: Malteser International - Germany Source: Medical Teams International - USA Source: Mercy Corps Source: ADH - Germany. A volunteer from the Durbar Mahila Samanay Committee (DMSC) demonstrates how to use a female condom to sex workers during an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign at a red-light area in the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri July 6, 2007. (AlertNet)
Rescuers dig 14 bodies from Mexican bus mudslide Jul 6, 2007
Source: Medical Teams International - USA Source: Mercy Corps Source: ADH - Germany Source: CRS - USA Source: WV - International. A Relative cries on Martin Huerta Adan's coffin during his funeral at the village of Xonotipan in Mexico's state of Puebla July 5, 2007. (AlertNet)
Filthy flood waters spark disease worries in India Jul 6, 2007
"We are warning children not to swim in these waters and avoid wading across the streets just for fun as this could be hazardous," said Deb Dwaipayan Chattopadhyay, a senior health department official ... Source: ADRA - International Source: Mercy Corps Source: ADH - Germany Source: CRS - USA Source: WV - International. (AlertNet)
Strange but True: Drinking Too Much Water Can Kill Jun 28, 2007
It is usually a combination of excessive fluid intake and increased secretion of vasopression (also called antidiuretic hormone), he explains. Produced by the hypothalamus and secreted into the bloodstream by the posterior pituitary gland, vasopressin instructs the kidneys to conserve water. (Scientific American)
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Jun 17, 2007
Being a writer of sorts and a devout packrat, I keep clippings from various sources like the ADH. Knowing this, you might suspect I would have a collection of James Kilpatrick s words for writer and you d be right ... After digesting Kilpatrick for the second time I decided to check on Barry s ADH replacement, Chris Erskine ... Now if ADH will just mature a bit by dropping Charlie Brown s Dog (past tense by 30 years), that ridiculous cat-dog-squirrel thing in classified, and the even worse... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Call for ADHD drug inquiry Apr 29, 2007
THE GOVERNMENT must hold a national inquiry into the ADHD epidemic and the long-term effects of giving powerful stimulants like Ritalin to thousands of children, Opposition federal health spokeswoman Nicola Roxon said yesterday ... He left open the possibility of a national inquiry into the ADHD epidemic, which has seen a 25-fold increase in prescriptions for Ritalin over the past 15 years ... Mr Howard told The Daily Telegraph exclusively that he was awaiting the outcome of a government-funded... (NEWS.com.au)
Rabies Rescue Protocol Fails in New Cases Apr 21, 2007
The girl experienced a range of complications, the CDC report said, including increased intracranial pressure, bouts of diabetes insipidus, syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH), reversible pancreatitis secondary to ribavirin, intracranial venous sinus thrombosis, and cerebral and cerebellar herniation. The girl died on Nov. 2, after life support was withdrawn. (MedPage Today)
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Offers Perspective on Use of MRI Screening in Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer Mar 29, 2007
Other risk groups where the data was not sufficient to recommend the use of MRI for screening included those with: -- a lifetime risk of 15-20% -- lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) or atypical lobular hyperplasia (ALH) -- atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) -- very dense breasts -- a personal history of breast cancer, including ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) (1) MRI was not recommended for those women with a less than a 15 percent lifetime risk for developing breast cancer. For patients with a... (PR Newswire)
MRIs Advised for Women at High Breast-Cancer Risk Mar 29, 2007
have atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH). have very dense breasts or unevenly dense breasts (when viewed on a mammogram). (NPR)
The UMCOR Hotline for March 20, 2007 Mar 21, 2007
Select an Edition: Wed Mar 21 07:43:47 2007. The views expressed are the author's alone. (AlertNet)
Tolvaptan for Hyponatremia Mar 1, 2007
However, they do not report whether the primary end points were achieved in each of the subgroups (patients with the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion [SIADH], those with liver cirrhosis, and those with chronic heart failure), although a previous preliminary report suggests that this treatment results in differences in the resolution of hyponatremia among these groups. 2 Furthermore, little mention is made about whether the treatment. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Strange but true: Low temperatures send you to the potty more often Jan 26, 2007
Your body is shutting down the production of "anti-diuretic hormone." The normal role of ADH is to help your body maintain the correct water concentration in the blood. ADH acts completely opposite to the effect of a diuretic water pill such as Lasix. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
