Minerals

Naked Scientists - 12th Dec 2010 - Why's Graphene Great?  

Renal calculi are formed when the urine is supersaturated with salt and minerals such as calcium oxalate, struvite (ammonium magnesium phosphate), uric...  

Dental diseases, which are caused by the overgrowth of certain bacteria in the mouth, are among the most common health problems in the world.  

Chalk Talk #1 covers the treatment of acute pain control at the level of pre-clinical medical students.  

Researchers reviewing trials involving thousands of patients say taking extra vitamins and minerals does more harm than good  

This BoringEM chalk-talk on skin and soft tissue infections is a great and quick review of the must-knows on the topic.  

Though minerals and machinery dominate international trade, state-run magazine offers insight into the stranger side of the market. NK News reports  

Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to nutrient deficiencies due to the requirements of the growing baby during the pregnancy. In low-income countries, many women have diets with low content of vitamins and minerals, and they participate in long hours of physical labour. They are also exposed to recurrent infections, which make nutritional deficiencies worse. Thus, lack of adequate nutrition can contribute to the poor health of these women their babies.  

Selenium is a mineral that is essential to health. It has an important role in defence against tissue damage and disease. Improving selenium status could help protect adults with serious illness.  

Naked Scientists - 10th Aug 2015 - Getting to grips with graphene  

Public Health England recently endorsed the use of e-cigarettes as an aid to quitting smoking. Martin McKee and Simon Capewell question the evidence on safety and efficacy underpinning the recommendations  

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Anaemia is a frequent condition during pregnancy, particularly among women from low- and middle-income countries who have insufficient iron intake to meet increased iron needs. Traditionally, pregnancy anaemia has been prevented with the provision of daily iron supplements, however, it has recently been proposed that if women take supplements less often, such as once or twice weekly rather than daily, this might reduce side effects and increase acceptance and adherence to supplementation. In this review we assess the benefits and harms of intermittent (i.e. two or three times a week on non-consecutive days) oral supplementation with iron or iron + folic acid or iron + vitamins and minerals for pregnant women.  

An extremely sensitive and selective method using graphene films to mimic the cell microenvironment could enhance capture of circulating tumor cells (CTCs)  

In low- and middle-income countries, many women have poor diets and are deficient in nutrients and micronutrients which are required for good health. Micronutrients are vitamins and minerals that are needed by the body in very small quantities but are important for normal functioning, growth and development. During pregnancy, these women often become more deficient, with the need to provide nutrition for the baby too, and this can impact on their health and that of their babies. Combining multiple micronutrients has been suggested as a cost-effective way to achieve multiple benefits for women during pregnancy. Micronutrient deficiencies are known to interact and a greater effect may be achieved by multiple supplementation rather than single-nutrient supplementation, although interactions may also lead to poor absorption of some of the nutrients. High doses of some nutrients may also cause harm to the mother or her baby. This systematic review included 19 trials involving 138,538 women, but only 17 trials involving 137,791 women contributed data. The included trials compared pregnant women who supplemented their diets with multiple micronutrients with pregnant women who received a placebo or supplementation with iron, with or without folic acid. Overall, pregnant women who received multiple-micronutrient supplementation had fewer low birthweight babies, small-for-gestational-age babies, and stillbirths than pregnant women who received only iron, with or without folic acid. The evidence for the main outcomes was found to be of high quality. These findings, consistently observed in several other systematic reviews of evidence, provide a strong basis to guide the replacement of iron and folic acid with multiple-micronutrient supplements for pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries countries where multiple-micronutrient deficiencies are prevalent among women.  

Can long-term supplementation with antioxidant vitamins and minerals keep older people healthier?  

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Today's case is maybe not unique to Broome.  Representative of every Aussie town where teenagers, cars and boredom seem to intermingle to create crazy inju