Alarming levels of inadequate intake of B group vitamins in tribal lactating women from South India.

Background: Micronutrients are necessary for proper growth and development of the human body, though required in small amounts. Dietary intake of these micronutrients by lactating women is essential for their own health as well as children's overall growth and development. objective of present study is to assess the adequacy of dietary B-group vitamins intake during lactation and to find out the factors associated with their inadequate intake.

Effectiveness of weekly local mothers' kitchen recipe talks to improve dietary iron intake among tribes of Andhra Pradesh, India: A prospective cohort study.

Introduction: Anemia is a major public health problem in India, especially among tribal women. The study was done to estimate the prevalence of iron intake below the estimated average requirement in the diet and to study the effectiveness of weekly local mothers' kitchen recipe talks.

Methodology: A total of 340 women from scheduled tribes participated in a prospective cohort study over 10 months in 10 clusters in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Management of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Saudi Arabia: Knowledge and Perceptions Among Healthcare Workers.

Background Tuberculosis (TB) continues to pose a serious threat to public health despite great efforts. For many years, management and screening for active TB cases have been the main focus of TB control programs. Latent TB is a stage where TB can be prevented and controlled.

Impact of polyphenols on mast cells with special emphasis on the effect of quercetin and luteolin.

Polyphenols are ubiquitous in food and have long been recognized to possess antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anticancer activities. Mast cells (MCs) are implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases, allergy, autoimmunity and cancer. MCs derive from hematopoietic progenitor cells, reside virtually in all vascularized tissue and are activated by crosslinking of FceRI-bound IgE (at very high affinity: 1 × 10 M) with multivalent antigen.