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Pseudohyponatremia: a reappraisal

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A false measurement of serum (blood) sodium level can occur in cases where the levels of blood proteins or lipids (fats) are unusually high. The article reviews the most common laboratory procedures for measuring serum sodium levels and explains the cause of such false measurements. The author makes recommendations for the rational use of different laboratory methods in various clinical situations.

Author: Weisberg, Lawrence S.
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication Name: American Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health care industry
ISSN: 0002-9343
Year: 1989
Health aspects, Measurement, Blood, Sodium in the body, Sodium (Nutrient)

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A church for the twenty-first century

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Glide Memorial Church offers social services to the needy of San Francisco, CA. Addicts, homeless, AIDS victims and the down and out all seek help there. Reverend Cecil Williams exhorts each member of the racially and socially mixed congregation to spend at least a few hours helping the less fortunate.

Author: Miller, Kenneth, Rentmeester, Co.
Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Life
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0024-3019
Year: 1997
Case studies, Services, Social policy, Poor, San Francisco, California, Church work with the poor, Church work, Religious buildings, Williams, Cecil, Glide Memorial Methodist Church

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Defeat at pork chop hill

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Pork prices in the US have fallen as a result of overproduction. Experts believe the supply of is greater than demand, driving prices as low as 10 cents per pound. They also believe it is as a result of the slaughterhouses that closed in early 1998 because of low supply.

Author: Annin, Peter
Publisher: A C P Computer Publications
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 1998
Economic aspects, Prices and rates, Pork, Pork industry

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