Tag Archives: malnutrition
Calf hemodialysate: nutritive value plus placebo effect
Highly purified calf hemodialysate (HPCH), known as Actovegin or Solcoseryl, has been proposed as a medication for certain neurological and other diseases. For example, Actovegin was reported to have beneficial effects on cognitive performance in patients with
Immune depression in the malnourished child: Knowledge all dressed up with nowhere to go
Nearly one million children under five years of age die annually from wasting deficits of protein and energy acting in synergy with pneumonia and diarrhea, and this toll is undoubtedly exceeded numerically by an additional burden of
Celiac disease and nutrition
Celiac disease (CD) is a chronic, immune-mediated enteropathy of the small bowel mucosa, induced by dietary gluten in genetically pre-disposed individuals. It is characterized by intestinal malabsorption and subtotal or total atrophy of intestinal villi, which improves
