Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland)

BACKGROUND: Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI or PEI) often goes undiagnosed or misdiagnosed due to nonspecific symptomatology. Clinicians may focus primarily on symptoms like diarrhea and steatorrhea, potentially overlooking more prev…

BACKGROUND: Vitamin D is essential for women's health, yet deficiency is widespread among Moroccan premenopausal women. OBJECTIVES: This study examined vitamin D intake, dietary sources, determinants, and predictors of serum 25-hydroxyvita…

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) is a synthetic contraceptive that can be used orally or as a once-every-three-month injection (i.e., depot MPA [dMPA]). Prior research has reported an increased association between dM…