Abstract: The present invention describes a method of increasing the high-density lipoprotein level in plasma by administering to a postmenopausal woman a pharmaceutical formulation comprised of calcium citrate. The invention also provides for a pharmaceutical composition and a dietary supplement thereof.

Abstract: A pool pump primer has an elongated housing that enables a user to prime a pool pump and the elongated housing has a distal end thereon defining an outlet from the primer and the primer has an inlet on one side thereof closely adjacent the outlet to be locatable below the water level in a skimmer chamber of a swimming pool. The pump has an imperforate piston stroked up and down by a piston rod for drawing fluid from the skimmer chamber through the inlet to fill the elongated housing during an upstroke and for discharging priming fluid from the tubular housing during a downstroke for flow thereof through the distal end into a water supply line connected to the pool pump for priming the pump.