"The widespread practice of using zinc and copper supplements to treat diarrhoea may not be effective, research by an Indian team suggests.They don't.
A team from Lata Medical Research Foundation assessed the effects of the supplements on 808 children in Nagpur.
The BMC Medicine study found they were no more effective at reducing symptoms than a dummy pill...
The researchers found supplements had little effect on how long diarrhoea lasted, how much diarrhoea the children produced, or how much need they had of oral rehydration salts or intravenous fluids."
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Zinc pill for diarrhoea queried
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