BACKGROUND Anemia due to iron deficiency is recognized as one of the major nutritional deficiencies in women and children in developing countries. Daily iron supplementation for pregnant women is recommended in many countries although there are few reports of these programs working efficiently or effectively. Weekly iron-folic acid supplementation (WIFS) and regular deworming treatment is recom...

BACKGROUND African Vaccination Week (AVW) is an initiative of the Member States of the African Region aimed at promoting vaccination and ensuring equity and access to its benefits. The initiative has proven to be particularly effective in reaching populations with limited access to regular health services as well as providing an opportunity to integrate other interventions with immunization ser...

background: arsenic as an environmental toxicant is able to induced oxidative stress. the present study aimed to evaluate of vitamin c supplementation on the paraoxonase1 (pon1) arylesterase activity (responsible for hydrolysing lipid-peroxides) in rat exposed to arsenic. methods: the study was conducted in the faculty of veterinary medicine, tabriz islamic azad university, tabriz, iran in 2001...

introduction: multiple sclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of central nervous system. the etiology of ms is slightly known, but genetic and environmental factors are reported. vitamin d regulates gene expression and affects target cell functions. the aim of this study was to investigate the expression variation of il-2 and il-4 genes under vitamin d supplementation in patients with mult...

Background: According to the recent studies, vitamin D deficiency has been correlated with progress in type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of vitamin D supplementation on glucose and lipid profiles, blood pressure, and biomarkers of liver and kidney in type 2 diabetic patients.    Methods: In this Double blinded randomized clinical t...

OBJECTIVES Health Canada recommends vitamin D supplements (10 microg/d) for Canadians aged > or = 50 years, but no data are available on adoption of this recommendation. Accordingly, this study was conducted to determine the current use of vitamin D supplements among British Columbian adults 50 years and over, and to explore relationships among vitamin D supplement use, socio-demographic variab...

Objective Despite numerous studies indicating an imperative role for reproduction, however, the role of Vitamin D supplementation on outcomes of assisted reproductive techniques remains controversial. Therefore, the objective of this clinical trial was to evaluate the effect of consumption of Vitamin D supplementation 6 weeks prior to ICSI on fertility indexes. MaterialsAndMethods The present s...

Vitamin A deficiency in its subclinical form is a world health problem in young children. The problem is probably under recognized in the United States and other developed countries who do not normally consider their citizens to be malnourished. Lack of a simple screening test to measure subclinical deficiency adds to this problem. Consequently, focused dietary assessment of vitamin A intake by...

background :hyperhomocysteinemia is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease particularly in patients with end stage renal disease (esrd). vitamin b12 supplementation on its own still remains as a controversial issue for clinicians in decreasing the level of homcysteine in this group of patients.   methods : using all randomized controlled trials (rcts), clinical trials and pre-post-trial studi...