Niacin is a vitamin that is added to bread and flour by the United States Food Industry to prevent pellagra, a disease caused by niacin deficiency.

Cutaneous disease is a frequent cause of morbidity in the homeless. Several skin conditions, both infectious and noninfectious, have been described in the homeless population including trauma ...

THE last three or four decades have seen great progress in the treatment of mental disease by physical means. Syphilis of the brain and pellagra, both of which were formerly responsible for many ...

Scientists at the University of Minnesota have made an exciting discovery that could help improve cancer treatment. They ...

Memory is a site of the struggle and today marks exactly 18 years to the day since my arrest and brutal torture with other ...

Livedo reticularis is a mottled discoloration of the skin. The discoloration may appear blotchy with a net-like pattern and range from reddish-blue to purple. 1,2 Although the terms used in the ...

Vitamin deficiency due to hair loss (alopecia) may occur with deficiencies in vitamins B, D, C, and E, as well as with certain minerals like iron, selenium, and zinc. The complex roles of nutritional ...