Executive Orders: Promoting Democracy and Openness in New York State Government

This joint report outlines 11 executive actions Gov. Andrew Cuomo can take to open up New York State government, increase the accountability of state agencies and reduce barriers to voting. The orders are centered on the basic goal of empowering the citizenry with more and better information about what its government is doing, and how it is spending tax payer dollars

Renal structure and hypertension in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

Renal structure and hypertension in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Hypertension has been reported to occur in 50 to 75 percent of subjects with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) prior to the onset of marked renal insufficiency but concurrent with cystic deformation of the renal parenchyma. The present study was undertaken to examine whether the renal structural abnormalities are greater in hypertensive (HBP) versus normotensive (NBP) male and female patients with ADPKD who were matched within gender groups for age, body surface area, serum creatinine concentration (males HBP 1.2 ± 0.02 vs. NBP 1.1 ± 0.03 mg/dl, NS; females HBP 0.9 ± 0.03 vs. NBP 0.9 ± 0.02 mg/dl, NS) and creatinine clearance (males HBP 100 ± 3 vs. NBP 108 ± 3 ml/min/1.73 m2, NS; females HBP 97 ± 3 vs. NBP 96 ± 2 ml/min/1.73 m2, NS). Renal volume was significantly greater in the HBP compared to the NBP group (males HBP 624 ± 47 vs. NBP 390 ± 43 cm3, P < 0.0005; females HBP 466 ± 32 vs. NBP 338 ± 24 cm3, P < 0.002). Since increased renal volume is due to increased cysts, the results indicate that the early high incidence of hypertension in ADPKD correlates with the renal structural abnormalities in this disorder

Aluminum toxicity in childhood

Aluminum intoxication is an iatrogenic disease caused by the use of aluminum compounds for phosphate binding and by the contamination of parenteral fluids. Although organ aluminum deposition was noted as early as 1880 and toxicity was documented in the 1960s, the inability to accurately measure serum and tissue aluminum prevented delineation of its toxic effects until the 1970s. Aluminum toxicity has now been conclusively shown to cause encephalopathy, metabolic bone disease, and microcytic anemia.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/47831/1/467_2004_Article_BF00869743.pd

A Study of Parent Prenatal Classes

Importance of the- study.. Parent classes are a· new development in the field of prenatal teaching. The contents· of the- classes are· adaptations:- of prenatal mother- classes-. I t is- necessary to discover if the-se adaptations~ are meeting the needs- o~ the parents-, or if they need revision.. The parents-, who have attended the classes in the past year , are the logical source of this information. This· study could be of value to any agency interested in parent teaching