Publications by authors named "Muhammad Waqas Luqman"
Article Synopsis
- Under-nutrition is a global health issue, particularly in underweight children, and while vitamin D and calcium effects are known, research on multiple micronutrients is limited.
- In a study with 38 participants, one group received a lipid-based nutritional supplement (LNS) while the other received a placebo, with measurements taken before and after one month.
- Results showed that LNS significantly improved growth measurements and energy intake, but did not affect plasma levels of vitamin D and calcium for either group.
Background: Eclampsia and preeclampsia are among the serious complications of gestation and threaten the lives of both mother and foetus. A protein called visfatin, one of these adipokines, is evaluated for its effects on serum electrolytes, lipid profile and hepatic enzymes in preeclamptic and eclamptic patients.
Methods: A sum of 234 pregnant women were enrolled in this crosssectional study and divided in to 2 main groups, i.
Background And Aim: Interaction of hair with water is common. This study was conducted to compare changes in baseline strength of hair after treating it with hard water and deionized water.
Material And Methods: Hardness level of water samples collected from 10 districts of KP, Pakistan was determined, and that with maximum hardness was considered our sample hard water.
Background: Hard water is thought to play a key role in weakening of hair (not Hair Loss) and breakage especially when travelling is involved. In our community, commonly men do the travelling and complain more about hair problem which is why only young male individuals were included in this study.
Materials And Methods: Water samples from different districts of KPK, Pakistan, were collected and their hardness values were estimated to find the water sample of maximum and minimum water hardness in order to know the maximum hardness hair would encounter in KPK, Pakistan.