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Low Vitamin B12: The Need For Updated Provider Education, Tracy Coltharp
Low Vitamin B12: The Need For Updated Provider Education, Tracy Coltharp
Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Project
Vitamin B12 deficiency is a notable clinical problem with multi-factorial risk factors and a multitude of clinical manifestations. It is associated with polyglandular autoimmune syndromes, some familiar and some lesser well known. The specific aim of this scholarly project was to evaluate whether education aimed at providers such as nurse practitioners, nurse practitioner students, physician assistants, and physicians regarding updated diagnostic criteria for vitamin B12 deficiencies as well as associated diseases, specifically autoimmune gastritis, and pernicious anemia, increased their knowledge and ultimately improved clinical practice. The project utilized a pre-test/post-test design with education provided in between. There was an improvement …
Human Gut Microbiome, Enrico José Aveiro Johannsen, Mandy Peak
Human Gut Microbiome, Enrico José Aveiro Johannsen, Mandy Peak
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The human gut microbiome has been an area of interest for researchers due to its established link with human metabolism, nutrition, physiology, and immune functions. The research presented further investigates the microbiome to better understand it. Stools from two healthy young African males and a French obese individual were analyzed using MALDI-TOF MS and the enrichment culture technique. For the identification of bacterial species metagenomics, genomics, and culturomics were used. The results showed a much broader biodiversity in the human gut than previously predicted, as well as better results when using culturomics for measuring biodiversity in large-scale isolation.