Zinc is a nutritionally essential trace element, and thus zinc deficiency may severely affect human health. Many studies were published in which the effect of nutritional zinc supplementation on the incidence or severity of a certain disease was investigated. This review summarizes the main observations and aims to evaluate the use of nutritional zinc supplementation for prevention and treatmen...

We report the case of a 7-month-old breast fed infant who presented with a nose bleed and bruises. Investigation showed severe nutritional B12 deficiency anemia with a pancytopenia. It is important to take the nutritional history of both the infant and the mother for early prevention and treatment.

 To understand the metabolic problems of patients who have abused alcohol;  To know the causes of malnutrition in patients who have abused alcohol;  To identify specific nutritional deficiencies in patients who have abused alcohol;  To know the specific risk of thiamine deficiency in patients who have abused alcohol;  To learn the best approaches to nutritional support in patients who have...

The study of the relation of meteorological factors on development of rice diseases has been in progress at the Central Rice Research Institute in respect of Nutrient Deficiency in rice plants. The data sets have been employed for regression Analysis for prediction of Nutritional Disorders and that leads to the analyzing the diseases based on symptoms according to the micro and macro nutritiona...

OBJECTIVES To associate the severity of nutritional anaemia with serum levels of ferritin, vitamin B12 and folate; and to determine demographic, socio-economic and nutritional correlates for nutritional anemia in adolescents. METHODS Cross-sectional hospital-based study among 200 adolescents (10-18 y) with anemia. Dietary intake (24-h recall), and serum levels of folate, vitamin B12 and ferri...

OBJECTIVES Inuit in Canada experience alarming levels of food insecurity, but nutritional and physiological consequences are poorly documented, especially in school-age children. The objective of this study was to assess the relation of food insecurity to iron deficiency and stature in school-aged Inuit children from Nunavik (Northern Quebec). METHODS Food insecurity, iron deficiency, and sta...

Reduced levels of nutritional vitamin D are commonly observed in most chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients and particularly in patients who have received a kidney transplant (KTx). In the complex clinical scenario characterizing the recipients of a renal graft, nutritional vitamin D deficiency has been put in relation not only to the changes of mineral and bone metabolism (MBM) after KTx, but ...

It could be argued that this text is misnamed were one to evaluate its content page by page in terms of factual material, for though the story is, indeed, that of the mastery of many of the epidemic diseases, its main thesis is much more than that,-it is really the conquest of false philosophies. Recounted are innumerable instances revealing how susceptible have been impregnable positions and b...