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Vitamins play a vital role in many biochemical functions in the human body and are essential components for maintaining optimal health. There are t ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as “Lou Gehrig disease,” is a neurodegenerative disease of the motor neurons. No single ...

Giving medications in the medical field involves not only knowing what and when to give but also how much to administer. Dosing calculations are ju ...

Vitamins are vital components to every individual’s day to day chemical reactions and molecular processes. They are used as cofactors for rea ...

Vitamin E is all the following eight compounds alpha, beta, gamma, and delta-tocopherol and alpha, beta, gamma, and delta-tocotrienol. Alpha-tocoph ...

Infancy is a period of rapid growth second only to the fetal period. There is a pressing need to optimize nutrition to ensure adequate growth ...

Phytonadione (vitamin K1) is FDA approved for anticoagulant-induced hypoprothrombinemia deficiency caused by coumarin or indanedione derivatives, h ...

Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency (MCADD or MCAD deficiency) is one of the most common mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxi ...

Increased nutrition following a prolonged period of starvation can result in refeeding syndrome. Refeeding syndrome commonly occurs in populat ...

Fluid management is a critical aspect of patient care, especially in the inpatient medical setting. What makes fluid management both challenging an ...

FODMAP is an acronym for fermentable oligo-, di- and monosaccharides, and polyols. These short-chain carbohydrates, arranged in descending order, a ...

Selenium is a trace mineral that exists in minimal concentrations in the body but can play an important role in human health. Food sources high in ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved furosemide to treat conditions with volume overload and edema secondary to congestive hear ...

Phosphate is one of the most important molecular elements to normal cellular functions within the body. It acts as an integral component of nucleic ...

Niacin, known as vitamin B3, is a water-soluble vitamin of the B complex group of vitamins. Food such as bran, yeast, eggs, peanuts, poultry, ...

Vitamin A toxicity can occur from either the topical or oral form of Vitamin A. Each has its own set of adverse effects. Oral vitamin A toxicity ca ...

Homocysteine is an amino acid not supplied by the diet that can be converted into cysteine or recycled into methionine, an essential amino acid, wi ...

Vitamin D is labeled as the "sunshine vitamin," as it is produced in the skin on sun exposure. Vitamin D is required to maintain serum calcium conc ...