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  • Causes of Vitamin B12 Deficiency
    Health - 27 Feb 2019
    Vitamin B12, or cobalamin, is an essential micronutrient required in DNA synthesis and red blood cell maturation, among other metabolic functions. Its deficiency leads to a spectrum of disease. It is...
  • Symptoms of Vitamin B12 Deficiency
    Health - 27 Feb 2019
    Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, is a water-soluble vitamin which is found mostly in animal foods in fortified cereals. It cannot be synthesized in the human body.
  • Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) Pathophysiology
    Health - 27 Feb 2019
    Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is a pathological overgrowth of gut bacteria upwards or rather in a retrograde fashion, into the upper gastrointestinal tract. This has many consequences,...
  • Short-Chain Fatty Acids (SCFAs) and Immune Regulation
    Health - 27 Feb 2019
    Butyrate and propionate are two important short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) produced in the human gut. They have been shown to have significant immune system effects in the intestinal mucosa, by...
  • Constipation in Pregnancy
    Health - 27 Feb 2019
    Constipation becomes a problem during pregnancy for around 50% of women and causes abdominal pain or discomfort, straining when passing a stool and infrequent bowel movements.
  • Pregnancy: 29 - 32 weeks
    Health - 27 Feb 2019
    Between the 29th and 32nd week of pregnancy, the baby continues to be very active and makes numerous movements.
  • PUVA Phototherapy (Psoralen plus UVA)
    Health - 27 Feb 2019
    Phototherapy refers to when light is used as a therapy to treat a medical condition. For thousands of years, sunlight has been known to be beneficial as a treatment for certain skin disorders. Now,...
  • Drug Distribution
    Health - 27 Feb 2019
    When a drug is absorbed and enters the systemic circulation, it is naturally distributed throughout the fluid and tissues in the body. Drug distribution is a subject that is covered in a branch of...
  • Yellow Nail Syndrome
    Health - 27 Feb 2019
    Nail abnormalities are often pointers to various systemic illnesses as well as local conditions. These manifest as changes in the color, shape and growth pattern of the nails. One of these is the...
  • Infrared Therapy versus LED Therapy
    Health - 26 Feb 2019
    Light therapy is one of the oldest modalities used to treat a variety of health conditions. The use of coherent light sources (like lasers) and non-coherent light sources (like light emitting diodes...

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