Current IV feeding safeguards against bloodstream infections need to be revized
Current guidelines to help prevent bloodstream infections during intravenous feeding may need revisions to strengthen protections for patients, a new study finds.
June 29, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: feeding-may, help-prevent, infections-during, need-revisions, new-study, nutrition / diet, on call diets, strengthen-protections
Newborns With Low Vitamin D Levels At Increased Risk For Respiratory Infections
The vitamin D levels of newborn babies appear to predict their risk of respiratory infections during infancy and the occurrence of wheezing during early childhood, but not the risk of developing asthma. Results of a study in the January 2011 issue of Pediatrics support the theory that widespread vitamin D deficiency contributes to risk of infections…
December 30, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: deficiency-contributes, diet, early-childhood, infections-during, newborn-babies, nutritional counseling, the-occurrence, widespread-vitamin