Zinc

Zinc is an essential mineral that is found in almost every cell.

Zinc supports a healthy immune system and is needed for wound healing, DNA synthesis and helping to maintain the sense of taste and smell. Zinc also supports normal growth and development during pregnancy, childhood, and adolescence.

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Reviewed May 2008

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Title:	Zinc supplementation for improving pregnancy and infant outcome
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Many women of childbearing age may have mild to moderate zinc deficiency. Low zinc levels may cause preterm birth or they may prolong labour. It is also possible that zinc deficiency may affect infant growth as well. The review of 17 trials, involving o...
Date:	Dec 2006

Title:	Oral zinc for arterial and venous leg ulcers
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Leg ulcers (open sores) usually heal with good wound care and dressings. Some leg ulcers, however, fail to heal despite good wound care and it may be that poor nutrition reduces the ability of the body to repair itself. Minerals such as zinc are necessa...
Date:	Aug 1998

Title:	Media release - TGA alert on a consumer level recall of a complementary medicine - Nature's Own Zinc + B6 Magnesium
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	Australia's medicines regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), advises consumers that Mayne Consumer Products is conducting a consumer level recall of some batches of its product Nature's Own Zinc + B6 Magnesium.
Date:	May 2004

Title:	Oral zinc for treating diarrhoea in children
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	In developing countries, millions of children suffer from severe diarrhoea every year. This is due to infection and malnutrition, and many die from dehydration due to the diarrhoea. Giving fluids by mouth (using an oral rehydration solution) has been sh...
Date:	Jul 2008

Title:	Zinc supplementation for the prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Diabetes mellitus is associated with long-term complications, especially eye, kidney, nerve, heart and blood vessel disease. Type 2 diabetes is mainly characterised by a reduced ability of the hormone insulin to stimulate glucose uptake in body fat and ...
Date:	Nov 2006

Title:	Drugs for preventing red blood cell dehydration in people with sickle cell disease
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Sickle cell disease is an inherited condition that causes red blood cells to become sickle shaped when they lose water. This leads to a high risk of the blood vessels becoming blocked. Such blockages can cause pain, stroke and damage to organs. Recent t...
Date:	Jul 2007

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