Women in Nutrition Science: A Biographical Review.

Purpose Of The Review: The field of nutrition is in debt to a cadre of women who led the field through its formative years. This review highlights the contributions of these women that are gleaned through analysis of biographical articles published in The Journal of Nutrition.

Recent Findings: Forces emerged during the development of nutrition science, such as departments of home economics and the majority-female field of dietetics, that suggest women might be well represented in biographical articles in the field of nutrition.

Food Access, Food Insecurity, and Gun Violence: Examining a Complex Relationship.

Purpose Of Review: Food insecurity and gun violence are timely and relevant public health issues impacting many regions within the USA with a potential association. Terminology surrounding food access and food security can be confusing, which is important to understand when examining the relationship between these issues and gun violence.

Recent Findings: Food insecurity is an individual level risk factor that appears to correlate with an increased rate of exposure and future involvement in violence.

A 360° Rotational Positioning Protocol of Organ Donors May Increase Lungs Available for Transplantation.

Objectives: To evaluate the improvement in lung donation and immediate lung function after the implementation of a 360° rotational positioning protocol within an organ procurement organization in the Midwest.

Design: Retrospective observational study.

Setting: The Midwest Transplant Network from 2005 to 2017.

Hypoalbuminaemia in the perioperative period: clinical significance and management options.

Albumin has been the focus of literally thousands of articles since its first use in the clinical setting during World War II. Despite being at the centre of several clinical controversies, many questions still remain regarding the use and abuse of albumin. The major physiologic functions include maintaining colloid osmotic pressure, binding and transport of metabolically active molecules, serving as an antioxidant, use as a surrogate marker of nutritional status and predictor of outcome in elective surgical populations, having an anti-thrombotic influence on platelets, aiding in acid-base balance and having a protective influence on capillary membrane integrity.

Recycling of vitamin C from its oxidized forms by human endothelial cells.

Endothelial cells encounter oxidant stress due to their location in the vascular wall, and because they generate reactive nitrogen species. Because ascorbic acid is likely involved in the antioxidant defenses of these cells, we studied the mechanisms by which cultures of EA.hy926 endothelial cells recycle the vitamin from its oxidized forms.