Early iron supplementation in exclusively breastfed Gambian infants: a randomized controlled trial
CONCLUSION: In exclusively breastfed Gambian infants, iron supplementation from 6 weeks of age was associated with a significant improvement in markers of iron status at around 6 months of age. There was no indication of adverse effects on growth or infections.PMID:38420570 | PMC:PMC10898279 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.23.289942 (Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - February 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mamadou Bah Isabella Stelle Hans Verhoef Alasana Saidykhan Sophie E Moore Bubacarr Susso Andrew M Prentice Carla Cerami Source Type: research
Early iron supplementation in exclusively breastfed Gambian infants: a randomized controlled trial
CONCLUSION: In exclusively breastfed Gambian infants, iron supplementation from 6 weeks of age was associated with a significant improvement in markers of iron status at around 6 months of age. There was no indication of adverse effects on growth or infections.PMID:38420570 | PMC:PMC10898279 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.23.289942 (Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - February 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mamadou Bah Isabella Stelle Hans Verhoef Alasana Saidykhan Sophie E Moore Bubacarr Susso Andrew M Prentice Carla Cerami Source Type: research
Early iron supplementation in exclusively breastfed Gambian infants: a randomized controlled trial
CONCLUSION: In exclusively breastfed Gambian infants, iron supplementation from 6 weeks of age was associated with a significant improvement in markers of iron status at around 6 months of age. There was no indication of adverse effects on growth or infections.PMID:38420570 | PMC:PMC10898279 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.23.289942 (Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - February 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mamadou Bah Isabella Stelle Hans Verhoef Alasana Saidykhan Sophie E Moore Bubacarr Susso Andrew M Prentice Carla Cerami Source Type: research
Ongoing measles outbreak, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, December 2023 to February 2024
We report on an ongoing measles outbreak in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina with 141 cases notified between week 52 2023 and week 6 2024. Among those with known vaccination status, 97% were unvaccinated and the most affected group is children under the age of 5 years (n = 87) who were not vaccinated during the pandemic years. Sixty-eight cases were hospitalised, the most common complications were measles-related pneumonia and diarrhoea. The sequenced measles viruses from four cases belonged to genotype D8. (Source: Eurosurveillance)
Source: Eurosurveillance - February 29, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Sanjin Musa, Irma Salimovi ć-Bešić, Jasmina Brkić Džambić, Nijaz Tihić, Anisa Bajramović, Suzana Arapčić, Amela Dedeić-Ljubović and Siniša Skočibušić Source Type: research
Safety Profile of Paxlovid in the Treatment of COVID-19
CONCLUSION: This study indicates that the most common AEs reported with Paxlovid in post-marketing experience are consistent with the safety assessment of antiviral drugs. Even without emerging apparent safety concerns, the incidence of serious outcomes was unexpectedly high, and a few cases of potential new AEs occurred.PMID:38415446 | DOI:10.2174/0113816128280987240214103432 (Source: Current Pharmaceutical Design)
Source: Current Pharmaceutical Design - February 28, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Bing Lv Xin Gao Guoqiang Zeng Hui Guo Faping Li Source Type: research
Safety Profile of Paxlovid in the Treatment of COVID-19
CONCLUSION: This study indicates that the most common AEs reported with Paxlovid in post-marketing experience are consistent with the safety assessment of antiviral drugs. Even without emerging apparent safety concerns, the incidence of serious outcomes was unexpectedly high, and a few cases of potential new AEs occurred.PMID:38415446 | DOI:10.2174/0113816128280987240214103432 (Source: Current Pharmaceutical Design)
Source: Current Pharmaceutical Design - February 28, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Bing Lv Xin Gao Guoqiang Zeng Hui Guo Faping Li Source Type: research
Safety Profile of Paxlovid in the Treatment of COVID-19
CONCLUSION: This study indicates that the most common AEs reported with Paxlovid in post-marketing experience are consistent with the safety assessment of antiviral drugs. Even without emerging apparent safety concerns, the incidence of serious outcomes was unexpectedly high, and a few cases of potential new AEs occurred.PMID:38415446 | DOI:10.2174/0113816128280987240214103432 (Source: Current Pharmaceutical Design)
Source: Current Pharmaceutical Design - February 28, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Bing Lv Xin Gao Guoqiang Zeng Hui Guo Faping Li Source Type: research
Defining a metagenomic threshold for detecting low abundances of Providencia alcalifaciens in canine faecal samples
DiscussionUsing our detection limit, the occurrence of P. alcalifaciens in faecal samples from healthy dogs was low. Given the low sensitivity of the metagenomic assay, these results do not rule out a significantly higher occurrence of this bacterium at a lower abundance. (Source: Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology)
Source: Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - February 28, 2024 Category: Microbiology Source Type: research
Selective Internal Radiation Therapy Using Y-90 Resin Microspheres for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: An Updated Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis
CONCLUSION: Current evidence supports SIRT treatment in patients with chemotherapy-refractory or chemotherapy-intolerant mCRC compared to newer oral agents, with comparable OS and low incidence of AEs.PMID:38407790 | DOI:10.1007/s12325-024-02800-5 (Source: Adv Data)
Source: Adv Data - February 26, 2024 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Andr é L F Azeredo-da-Silva Victor Hugo F de Jesus Ion Agirrezabal Victoria K Brennan Phuong L Carion Nathalie Amoury Bruna M Vetromilla Bruna S Zanotto Suki Shergill Patricia K Ziegelmann Source Type: research
Dietary fat and high energy density diet: Influence on intestinal health, oxidative stress and performance of weaned piglets
AbstractThe utilization of dietary components to support gut function and the health of young animals is an important factor for improved performance. The influence of high dietary fat levels in a low or high energy density diet on the performance of weaned piglets in relation to intestinal absorptive function, amino acid utilization, oxidative stress, and microbial metabolites was assessed in this study. The study examined the effect of two different diets containing either a low energy densit y/high-fat level or a high energy density/high-fat level. A total of 16 healthy weaners (9.60 ± 0.13 kg) were allocated t...
Source: Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition - February 26, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Tolulope Adebowale,
Qian Jiang,
Kang Yao Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Infectious diarrhoea
remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Viruses, bacteria and protozoa are responsible for most infections, which are most commonly transmitted by the faecal –oral route through water, food and person-to-person transmission. The clinical presentation conforms to four patterns: acute watery diarrhoea; bloody diarrhoea (dysentery); persistent non-bloody diarrhoea, which can include steatorrhoea; and persistent bloody diarrhoea. Diagnosis still rests heav ily on stool microscopy and culture, although faecal antigen tests and molecular assays are increasingly used. (Source: Medicine)
Source: Medicine - February 24, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Paul Kelly, Phoebe Hodges Tags: Infection Source Type: research
Microscopic colitis
describes a condition of chronic watery diarrhoea in the absence of macroscopic evidence of colonic inflammation or with only subtle endoscopic changes, but with characteristic appearances on histopathological examination of colonic biopsies. It comprises mainly two separate but related conditions of lymphocytic and collagenous colitis, with a third variant called incomplete microscopic colitis that does not fulfil the classical histological criteria. Disease severity ranges from mild and self-limiting to severe and refractory. (Source: Medicine)
Source: Medicine - February 24, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Miles Parkes, Mohammed Tauseef Sharip Tags: Inflammatory bowel disease Source Type: research
Quality of Life Following the Surgical Management of Gastric Cancer Using Patient-Reported Outcomes: A Systematic Review
Discussion: Generally, patients who undergo a gastrectomy return to baseline QoL by one year, regardless of the type of surgery or reconstruction. A subtotal distal gastrectomy is preferred when proper oncologic margins can be obtained. Additionally, no one form of reconstruction following gastrectomy is statistically preferred over another. However, for subtotal distal gastrectomy, there was a trend toward Roux-en-Y reconstruction as superior to abating reflux.PMID:38392059 | DOI:10.3390/curroncol31020065 (Source: Current Oncology)
Source: Current Oncology - February 23, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Patrick Cullen Vallance Lloyd Mack Antoine Bouchard-Fortier Evan Jost Source Type: research
Quality of Life Longitudinal Evaluation in Prostate Cancer Patients from Radiotherapy Start to 5 Years after IMRT-IGRT
CONCLUSIONS: In this prospective, longitudinal, observational study, high radiation IMRT doses delivered for PCa led to a temporary worsening of QoL, which tended to be completely resolved at six months. Such transient worsening was mostly associated with acute GI/GU toxicity, WPRT, and higher prescription doses.PMID:38392056 | DOI:10.3390/curroncol31020062 (Source: Current Oncology)
Source: Current Oncology - February 23, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Angelo Maggio Tiziana Rancati Marco Gatti Domenico Cante Barbara Avuzzi Cinzia Bianconi Fabio Badenchini Bruno Farina Paolo Ferrari Tommaso Giandini Giuseppe Girelli Valeria Landoni Alessandro Magli Eugenia Moretti Edoardo Petrucci Paolo Salmoiraghi Giuse Source Type: research
Quality of Life Following the Surgical Management of Gastric Cancer Using Patient-Reported Outcomes: A Systematic Review
Discussion: Generally, patients who undergo a gastrectomy return to baseline QoL by one year, regardless of the type of surgery or reconstruction. A subtotal distal gastrectomy is preferred when proper oncologic margins can be obtained. Additionally, no one form of reconstruction following gastrectomy is statistically preferred over another. However, for subtotal distal gastrectomy, there was a trend toward Roux-en-Y reconstruction as superior to abating reflux.PMID:38392059 | PMC:PMC10888285 | DOI:10.3390/curroncol31020065 (Source: Current Oncology)
Source: Current Oncology - February 23, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Patrick Cullen Vallance Lloyd Mack Antoine Bouchard-Fortier Evan Jost Source Type: research
