Objective: The objective of the study was to examine whether the risk of miscarriage is associated with caffeine consumption during pregnancy after controlling for pregnancy-related symptoms. Study Design: This was…
Recent identification of new selenocysteine-containing proteins has revealed relationships between the two trace elements selenium (Se) and iodine and the hormone network. Several selenoproteins participate in the protection of thyrocytes…
The association between viral disease and nutrition has long been thought to be due to effects on the host immune system. This theory suggests that when a host is malnourished,…
Background: We previously reported an inverse association between prediagnostic serum selenium concentrations and the risk of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and gastric cardia cancer (GCC) but not gastric noncardia…