BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to evaluate plasma levels of zinc in children with celiac disease, to correlate plasma zinc levels among the celiacs with short stature and diarrhea and to compare plasma zinc levels in deficient patients on gluten-free diet (GFD) with or without 4 weeks of zinc supplementation. METHODS A total of 134 patients underwent plasma zinc estimation...

Background: Oligoasthenospermia (OAS) is a condition characterized by low sperm count associated with low sperm motility. Medical treatment is not known in allopathic system for treatment of oligoasthenospermia. Homeopathic medicine is effective in more than 95% patients. Oxidative stress and decreased antioxidant levels have been projected as a potential factors involved in the pathophysiology...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Although globally the numbers of children diagnosed with failure to thrive (FTT) have decreased, FTT is still a serious pediatric problem. We aimed to investigate the effects of zinc supplementation for 6 months on growth parameters of infants and children with FTT. SUBJECTS/METHODS In this retrospective study, of the 114 participants aged between 4 months and 6 years, 8...

Iron deficiency is prevalent in children and infants worldwide. Zinc deficiency may be prevalent, but data are lacking. Both iron and zinc deficiency negatively affect growth and psychomotor development. Combined iron and zinc supplementation might be beneficial, but the potential interactions need to be verified. In a randomized, placebo-controlled trial using 2 x 2 factorial design, 609 Thai ...

BACKGROUND Prevention of diarrhea has presented indomitable challenges. A preventive strategy that has received significant interest is zinc supplementation. Existing literature including quantitative meta-analyses and systematic reviews tend to show that zinc supplementation is beneficial however evidence to the contrary is augmenting. We therefore conducted an updated and comprehensive meta-a...

introduction: diarrheal diseases are a serious health problem and important causes of growth retardation and death in the developing world, especially those of prolonged duration. since diarrhea is constantly found in children with zinc deficiency, very studies supported zinc supplements beneficial on the duration and severity of diarrhea among children. we review the impact of zinc effects on ...

background: studies have shown that zinc and selenium deficiency is common in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld). however, the effects of zinc and selenium co-supplementation before and/or after disease progression on nafld are not clear enough. the aim of this study was to compare the effects of zinc and selenium co-supplementation before and/or after disease progression on nafld prognos...

zinc deficiency during pregnancy has been related to adverse pregnancy outcomes. however, the results of zinc-supplementation trials have not been consistent in improvement of pregnancies outcomes. this study was undertaken to investigate whether zinc supplementation was associated with pregnancy complications in iranian women during the last 2 trimesters. it also assessed the anthropometric me...

This article explored the protective effects of zinc supplementation on diabetic liver injury and studied the underlying mechanisms that zinc supplementation reduced ER stress and autophagy in diabetic liver. Type 2 diabetes mellitus-like Wistar rat models were intragastrically administrated with ZnSO4 15 mg/kg daily for 53 days. Liver changes were examined by biochemical assay of serum, histop...