Objective: To describe associations between self-reported general health status, chronic conditions, and use of supplements containing botanicals (SCB) and describe reasons for use among U.S. adult supplement users.
Design: Cross-sectional analysis using data from the 2009-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Information on self-reported dietary supplement use and...
The etiology and transmission of bacterial diarrheal pathogens is complex, making evaluating the association between extreme climate and diarrheal illnesses in North America challenging. Changes in climate may impact the survival, reproduction, and distribution of pathogens that cause diarrheal illness. Evidence supports the hypothesis that reproduction, survival, and transmission ability...