Human milk is the best source of nutrition for infants. Breast milk contains the optimal balance of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins for developing babies, and it provides a range of benefits for growth, immunity, and development. Unfortunately, breast milk is not pristine. Contamination of human milk is widespread and is the consequence of decades of inadequately controlled pollution of the e...

background: escherichia coli is one of the most important pathogens which could be transmitted by milk. the main aim of the present study was to assess risk factors related to the occurrence of e. coli in fluid milk marketed in chittagong, bangladesh. methods: totally, 169 milk samples were collected from different entry points in chittagong, bangladesh; and also, 17 samples were directly colle...

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is an autoimmune disease with symptoms of hypothyroidism including psychosis, weight gain, heat and cold sensitivity etc. Some risk factors such as certain human leukocyte antigen (HLA), cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen (CTLA) polymorphisms or certain infections are related to this disease. There are some reports claiming soy food could interfere with thyroid function. In ...

Collecting, sorting, transporting, and delivering the nation’s mail to every household and business across the country—from Alaska to Puerto Rico—is an enormous task. To accomplish this task, the Postal Service uses a physical infrastructure that includes more than 38,000 post offices and contract units, 282 automated processing centers, 63 airport mail facilities, 21 bulk mail centers and a nu...

OBJECTIVES This multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial investigated the effect of a fermented milk product containing the Lactobacillus casei National Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (CNCM) I-1518 strain on respiratory and gastrointestinal common infectious diseases (CIDs) in children attending day-care centers in Russia. METHODS Children ages ...

Sustainable rural development depends on a multidimensional process based the interaction of economic, cultural, social, environmental, and political subsystems. Many studies have ascribed extensive livestock systems potential role in sustainable development. Sheep farming Europe involves meat or dairy breeds that produce coarse wool unsuitable for textile use. Coarse has been historically used...