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Heavy metal profiles in teas and herbal infusions: a cross-country analysis

Background: Teas and herbal infusions (THIs) are valued for their health benefits but may contain heavy metal impurities, posing health risks due to bioaccumulation and toxicity [1]. Heavy metal contamination in THIs is linked to anthropogenic sources like pollution, soil contamination, irrigation, fertilizers, and food processing equipment [2]. With the rising consumption of THIs, monitoring heavy metal contam...

Nurse and midwife interventions to protect, promote and support breastfeeding: ...

Background Low breastfeeding rates continue to be a global concern among nurses and midwives, raising critical questions about knowledge and effectiveness in promoting breastfeeding. Summarising evidence on nursing and midwifery interventions to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding enables a deeper understanding of how these professionals can enhance breastfeeding practices, inform decision-makers, and i...

Freshwater and estuarine diatom composition and seasonal variation: influence o...

Background: Diatoms are unicellular microalgae common in aquatic systems. Different species and communities are characteristic of the ecosystems where they are found, allowing temporal and local associations to be made. Additionally, they do not occur naturally in the human body. Therefore, diatoms can provide relevant information in forensic investigation situations, i.e., determining the cause of death by dro...

Forensic Sciences towards sustainability, step by step

Background: "Tackling P.L.A.N.E.T." (“Promoting Living Affordably and Nurturing Environmental Transformation”) is a pioneering sustainability initiative that was launched in September 2023 at University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS) Campus. This initiative embodies an intentional, inclusive, transformative, and proactive Action Plan aimed at cultivating healthy and sustainable behaviors throughout the cam...

Exploring the swimming behavior of Daphnia magna exposed to a mixture of five p...

Background: Psychoactive substances (PAS) are commonly found in freshwater ecosystems increasing concern about the potential negative impacts on non-target organisms, such as aquatic invertebrates [1]. Indeed, the environmental occurrence of amphetamine (AMP), and recreative drugs as 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and synthetic cathinones as butylone (BTL) and 3,4...

Anti-Spike IgG against COVID-19 three months after the end of the pandemic in N...

The emergence of new COVID-19 strains and variants and immune escape from vaccines forces reflection on the need to continue vaccinating the entire population. This study intends to monitor and understand the reinfection in recently vaccinated people. The amount of anti-Spike IgG, the number of vaccine doses, and infections/reinfections in 82 volunteers, three months after the declaration of the end of the COVI...

Serum iodine and bromine in chronic hemodialysis patients—an observational stud...

Patients on chronic hemodialysis therapy are at high risk of disturbances in trace element status due to both the underlying disease and the hemodialysis process itself. Data on iodine and bromine levels in these patients are scarce. Using an ICP-MS analytical procedure, serum iodine and bromine levels were determined in a cohort (n = 57) of end-stage renal disease patients on chronic hemodialysis. The results ...

Estudo de caso: Medicamentos Look-Alike, Sound-Alike (LASA): Estratégias para o...

Erros LASA representam um problema complexo, com potencial para causar danos fatais ou irreversíveis aos doentes. As estimativas de prevalência apontam que 1 em cada 4 erros de medicação advém dos medicamentos tipo LASA. Várias abordagens para os minimizar estão disponíveis, desde a educação humana até à implementação de estratégias que diminuam o risco de troca entre pares de medicamentos LASA. Explorar o conc...

Enantioselectivity in the ecotoxicity of amphetamine using daphnia magna as the...

Amphetamine (AMP) is a chiral psychoactive substance that exhibits enantioselectivity in its pharmacological properties. It has been detected in wastewaters and surface waters and can occur as enantiomeric mixtures, but little is known about its environmental risk and potential enantioselective toxicity to aquatic organisms. Our study aimed to target enantioselectivity in AMP toxicity to the freshwater inverteb...

Éléments traces dans l'eau potable et dans l'urine d'individus de deux régions ...