SUBJ: Sleeping on a pillow greatly reduces snoring.

SUBtitle: AlgaeCal supplement plus strontium increase bone density.

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SHORT NOTES:

Sleeping on a pillow greatly reduces snoring.

AlgaeCal supplement plus strontium increase bone density.

Lower urinary tract symptoms as a predictor of all-cause mortality.

LONG NOTES:

AlgaeCal supplement plus strontium increase bone density.  Calcium studies often report an “increase in bone density”, but it is never an outright increase – it is an increase compared to the placebo group which is declining – so the participants are actually losing bone. This study of AlgaeCal supplement is a landmark result with a real increase in BMD.

To evaluate a random forest (RF) algorithm of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) as a predictor of all-cause mortality in a population-based cohort. A total of 2663 men were included in the study.  An exploratory RF algorithm using LUTS can predict all-cause mortality with acceptable discrimination at the group level. In clinical practice, it is unlikely that LUTS will improve the accuracy to predict death if the patient’s background is well known.