The current definitions for iron deficiency and iron deficiency anaemia in infants are inadequate and need evaluation. A study of 263 exclusively breast-fed infants in

בעקבות 4 מקרי מוות, ועשרות מקרים של נזק לכבד אשר נקשרו לשימוש בתרופות צמחיות המבוססות על ה- KAVA-KAVA הוכרז צמח זה כ”מסוכן לציבור”. כבר לפני

Postmenopausal women may need calcium and vitamin D supplementation for suppression of raised parathyroid hormones (PTH) and for the preservation of bone mass.  Such supplementation

Supplementation with folic acid significantly enhances endothelial function and reduces blood pressure in young, chronic smokers.  Smoking cigarettes is known to increase plasma homocysteine, explain

Supplementing critically ill surgical patients with antioxidant vitamins C and E reduced risk of organ failure, ventilator support, and length of intensive care unit (ICU)

A Canadian public-health initiative to enrich cereal grain foods with folic acid has halved the prevalence of neural-tube defects among both unborn and newborn children.

Zinc enhances the efficacy of oral rehydration salts (ORS) by reducing the severity of acute diarrhea without increasing vomiting or decreasing ORS intake, according to

בצעד יוצא דופן מפרסמת היום מועצת הבריאות מודעה בעתונות לפיה היא קוראת לשר הבריאות להקצות 270 מיל’ ש”ח לעדכון סל הבריאות לצורך הוספה של תרופות

Patients who are allergic to the fish parasite, Anisakis simplex, can eat fish without risking a severe allergic reaction if it has been frozen at

A high consumption of vegetables and soya-based products may be just as effective as statins in reducing cholesterol in certain people, according to the results

Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may reduce progression of age-related maculopathy (ARM), according to the results of a cross-sectional study reported in the December issue

The number of people in the US population requiring an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) to identify diabetes would be greatly reduced by factoring in

New data from the US Physicians’ Health Study indicates that the risk of stroke increases significantly as body mass index (BMI) increases, according to a

When glucosamine sulfate (GLS) products are used as a therapeutic agent, they should conform to a standard in their description of the active ingredient, according

Hyperglycemia at the time of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) remains an independent predictor of mortality in the thrombolytic era. According to a team of Canadian

More than half of women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) report never having been told they were at increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes

Weight loss or weight fluctuation per se does not increase the risk of death among middle-aged men. Rather, the increased mortality associated with these changes

Researchers from Texas have identified some guanine-nucleotide analogs that stop human tumor cells from producing parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP)–a molecule that promotes bone breakdown. When

יערוך סקר שיבדוק האם התרחבה תופעת התזונה הלקויה, שנרשמה בקרב השכבות החלשות בעבר; בין שאלות הסקר: הכנסה, שינויים במשקל בשנתיים האחרונות, ו”האם אתה הולך לישון

Breastfeeding does not have a protective effect on the development of infant colic, Canadian researchers report. They failed to document any relationship between the source