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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by SARS-COV2, represents a highly transmissible and potentially fatal disease that is of great global public health concern at this moment. The pandemic situation in Bangladesh is also evolving rapidly with positive cases and deaths increasing each day.
INTRODUCTION: Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), the fourth most common malignancy across the pediatric age spectrum, is a heterogeneous group of lymphoid malignancies. In children, NHL comprises four main wide categories: lymphoblastic lymphoma (LBL), Burkitt lymphoma (BL), diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Gut microbiota is the largest microorganisms pool in the human body. The physiological roles of gut microbiota for digestion, metabolism, immune homeostasis, GI-tract infection prevention and anti-inflammation. The very first colonized gut microbiota of infant are from maternal vaginal fluid. Gut
The study was conducted in Mexico. The investigators included children 12 to 30 months of age who attended day-care centers. These day- care centers are part of a national government program which main objective is to support working mothers and those who intend to work and do not have access to a
Participating entities: The Chilean Gastric Cancer Task Force (GCTF) is a collective effort between two principal identities: 1- The Center of Excellence of Precision Medicine (CEMP), which was established through a joint funding by the government agency for economic development (Corporacion de
The standard initial treatment for patients with advanced colorectal cancer (ACC) not amenable for surgical resection is palliative 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-based chemotherapy. However, response rates are low and prognosis remains poor, with median survival times about one year. Until recently,
BACKGROUND
Much of the clinical practice of oncology involves palliative care. In this setting ,the emphasis is on alleviation of symptoms and preservation or improvement of quality of life. A large body of clinical evidence documents the effectiveness of local-field external beam radiotherapy in
In Italy, Professor Nicola Scopinaro, after studies in dogs, performed the first BPD in humans in 1976. Because of the lack of blind-loop syndrome and selective malabsorption for starch and fat, the BPD has an accepted risk-benefit ratio compared to the long ago abandoned Jejunoileal Bypass (a
Pneumonia and diarrhea are among the leading causes of poor health and death in young children of developing countries.
Many of these children have inadequate intakes of several vitamins and minerals. Folate and vitamin B12 are important for normal function of the immune system. Deficiencies of
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown cause that leads to pain, stiffness, swelling and limitation of joint function. If left untreated, RA produces serious destruction of joints that frequently leads to permanent disability.
Methotrexate (MTX) is currently the most
Objectives:
i.To determine the impact of daily administration of 1 RDA (5 mg) of elemental zinc to LBW infants from 4 weeks to 6 months of life on all-cause mortality.
ii.To determine the impact of zinc supplementation on severe morbidity requiring hospitalization.
Rationale:
i.The prevalence of LBW
We propose to study the efficacy of zinc or multiple micronutrient supplementation in reducing the risk of infectious diseases and growth faltering among infants and young children in Tanzania. Infants born to HIV-negative women will be recruited and randomly assigned in a factorial design to either
A major initiative to reduce the impact of enteric infections on health and nutrition has been micronutrient supplementation. Measures for routine vitamin A and zinc supplementation are gaining increasing support from international agencies, including UNICEF and the WHO. The primary objective of