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Vitamin K2-7 is an important vitamin required for bone and cardiovascular health

July 22, 2021 by admin

Vitamin K is a cofactor for enzyme, γ-glutamylcarboxylase. This γ-carboxylation allows VKD proteins to bind calcium. Vitamin K is required for the activity of coagulation and anticoagulation factors and for the binding of osteocalcin to hydroxyapatite in bone.1Both forms of vitamin K, K1 and K2, are essential in maintaining blood hemostasis and optimal bone and […]

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High prevalence of hypocalcemia in non-severe COVID-19 patients

May 27, 2021 by admin

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has affected over 50 million people and has inflicted more than 1.2 million casualties ever since its inception in December 2019. Although most patients tend to have mild-moderate disease with a favorable prognosis, the infection may not infrequently lead to severe-to critical disease and mortality1. The prognosis tends to be […]

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Serum calcium: biomarker of clinical severity and prognosis in COVID 19 patients

May 24, 2021 by admin

The pathogen has been reported as a novel coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The World Health Organization (WHO) has made the assessment that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can be characterized as a pandemic because the disease is still spreading rapidly around the world, especially in the United States, Spain, and Russia.1 The […]

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Heart health a good predictor of bone health

May 17, 2021 by admin

Osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are age-related diseases. Traditionally, these two conditions were considered unrelated and their coexistence was attributed to independent age-related processes. However, an increasing body of biological and epidemiological evidence has provided support for a link between the two conditions that cannot be explained by age alone. Shared risk factors, such as […]

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