[reverett123]

1: Neurology. 1997 Nov;49(5):1273-8.

High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and reduced bone mass in Parkinson's
disease.

Sato Y, Kikuyama M, Oizumi K.

Department of Neurology, Futase Social Insurance Hospital, Iizuka, Japan.

Despite excessive hip fractures in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD),
little is known about bone changes in these patients. We measured bone mineral
density (BMD; Z scores) in PD patients and analyzed its relation to serum
biochemical indices and sunlight exposure. We measured BMD in 71 patients in the
second metacarpals and divided the patients into two groups according to
functional independence; group 1, Hoehn and Yahr stages 1 and 2; and group 2,
stages 3 to 5. In four of 20 patients in group 1 (20%), the Z score was less
than -1.0, indicating osteopenia. In 51 patients in group 2, 31 (61%) had a Z
score less than -1.0. The group 1 patients showed a normal mean serum level of
25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD; 21.7 ng/ml), while most group 2 patients were in a
deficiency range (group mean 8.9 ng/ml). Many group 2 patients were sunlight
deprived. Both groups had elevated serum ionized calcium levels correlating
positively with Hoehn and Yahr stage and markedly depressed serum
1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25-[OH]2D) concentrations, indicating that
immobilization-induced hypercalcemia had inhibited 1,25-[OH]2D production. Z
scores correlated positively with 25-OHD levels and negatively with parathyroid
hormone concentration and Hoehn and Yahr stage. Vitamin D deficiency due to
sunlight deprivation and hypercalcemia induces compensatory hyperparathyroidism,
which contributes to reduced BMD in PD patients, particularly those who are
functionally dependent. Low BMD increases risk of hip fractures in patients with
PD but may be improved by vitamin D supplementation.

PMID: 9371907 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

[steffi 001]

Are you the same Robert from brain talk 1?
Well..even if you are not..thank you so much for that Blast of Hope.

Vitamins and sunshine? Well...let`s see...yep...I can do both.

Hope things are going well for you.
x

[burckle]

I've had problems with teeth deserting my skull.I've always attributed it to the fact that my brain needs more room in which to grow. OK. Maybe it's not a fact.

all the best,

Lloyd

[BEMM]

An expanding brain popping out teeth.... so the bottom ones stay put?

Haha, I like that explanation.

birte

[steffi 001]

B****y H*ll !!! We are a lethal lot...exploding all over the joint.Should we come with a warning?

I`m too nice....i`ve put in my own stars...in place of the expletives...or will the editor do it for me.....again.

This calls for your word Birte...OH BUMMERS.

XXX

[Thelma]

Funny at the age of 74 years to hear people in their 40's and 50's being told not to use naughty words like children. You can't say *** but it is okay to say fart. Guess you all are too young to know where they come from.

Wonder if bollocks is okay?

So tired of all the silliness on all of these innocuous sites.

Jaye where are you when I need you Lady

[Thelma]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollocks


Words are just wind

[paula_w]

Well I just got home from the forum - barely - due to the weather and many didn't make it back yet. After all that, I'm posting my first words in the teeth losing thread, so that should give you a idea of how much they are on my mind.

Still leaning on pulling.....and i"m flabbergasted over it ....but also detached.

paula

uh that would be flabbergasted

[BEMM]

don't do it Paula!
I can't imagine that it would be an improvement. And now that they can make implants, they can replace the teeth that must out with teeth that don't threaten to fall out when you speak and chew.

All the best,
birte

[steffi 001]

I`m saving money and fashioning a set out of orange peel...[inside out orange peel]
Guess they`ll do.
Hey...did any of you used to do that as kids...carve humungous gnashers out of peel with a knife...ram them in and drool and frighten your friends kid sister or claw at the windows and watch as passers by dropped their shopping and legged it?
No?
Oh..ok then. blink blink.
Now i`m older...I wonder...
Parkinsons? drooling? drooling? parkinsons? mmmmm ... is this retribution?

Oh....and another daft trick my mate and I got up to on the way home from school was this...we`d wait for another kid to walk by,then one of us would cram these little square mints in our mouths.
Then the other one would give you a wang with her satchel on the back of the head...and out would splutter these tooth-like mints.

The look of horror on the unsuspecting passers by`s face was a treat.Got em every time...

but back to retribution....

Yes...how silly indeed...sorry folk