The impact of vitamin D food fortification and health outcomes in children: a systematic review and meta-regression.

Objective: Vitamin D (vitD) deficiency is a global childhood health problem. Food fortification is a promising strategy to curb vitD deficiency. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of utilizing vitD fortification in staple foods to improve 25hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentration and to reduce the prevalence of vitD deficiency among healthy children.

Associations of foot ulceration with quality of life and psychosocial determinants among patients with diabetes; a case-control study.

Background: Patients with diabetic foot ulcers may have a lower quality of life. The objective was to compare the quality of life and its psychosocial determinants among patients with and without diabetic foot ulcers.

Methods: A case-control study was conducted in 2017 among patients with (cases) and without (controls) diabetic foot ulcers.

Bilateral Cochlear Implantation in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome: A Case Report.

Objective: To evaluate cochlear implantation in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome with regard to surgical difficulties and hearing outcomes.

Patients: Single case report.

Intervention(s): Therapeutic complete electrode insertion during surgery despite evident intra-cochlear fibrosis.