OBJECTIVE To determine the correlation between serum folic acid, vitamin B12 and ferritin of mother and child and to study various neonatal risk factors as a cause of anemia in children. METHODS One hundred eighty children two months to two years of age admitted in the department of Pediatric Medicine of The Children's Hospital and The Institute of Child Health Lahore from January 2013 to Jan...

background: considering the increasing trend of obesity, especially in developing countries such as iran, and the role of inflammatory factors and insulin resistance (ir) in the occurrence of obesity?related complications as well as the safety of some agents such as folic acid and metformin, this clinical trial was designed to investigate the effect of metformin and folic acid on inflammatory f...

Food fortification with iron can be an inexpensive, simple and effective strategy for controlling and preventing iron deficiency and anemia in many countries . Since iron deficiency was one of the main public health problems in Iran, the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOH&ME) started technical and pilot studies on subjects about 16 years ago (in 2001). Based on the results obtained a...

SUMMARY Giardia is a protozoan parasite which exists in the small intestine in man. This parasite could act as a barrier against fat absorption. It also results in anemia as a result of interference with folic acid vitamin B6 and probably iron absorption. In this study a total of 198 infested and 35 non­infested school children were studied for serum Iron and TIBC. The results showed the Iron...

Abstract The addition of folic acid to Double Fortified Salt (with iron and iodine) aims simultaneously ameliorate three major micronutrient deficiencies in vulnerable populations. To make Triple Salt, we added the iodine solution (first method) premix (second that are used fortify salt with iodine. When through solution, sodium carbonate was needed dissolve adjust pH. Alternately, either core ...

objective: the purpose of this study was to determine the level of knowledge of folic acid supplementation amongst iranian pregnant women. materials and methods: we selected 322 women through simple randomized method in a cross section study. data was gathered on the base of questionnaire and interview. statistical analysis was performed using spss software. the value of p<0.05 was considered a...

The purpose of the study was to develop tumor specific, water dispersible superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) and evaluate their efficacy as a contrast agent in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We have developed SPIONs capped with citric acid/2-bromo-2-methylpropionic acid which are compact, water dispersible, biocompatible having narrow range of size dispersity (8-10 nm), and ...

OBJECTIVE To compare routine versus selective (ie, screening and treatment for anaemia) prenatal iron prophylaxis in a malaria-endemic and HIV-prevalent setting, an extended analysis including previously missing data. DESIGN A pragmatic randomised controlled clinical trial. SETTING 2 health centres in Maputo, Mozambique. PARTICIPANTS Pregnant women (≥18 years old; non-high-risk pregnancy)...