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Mangaluru: A study on tuberculosis conducted by researchers from Yenepoya Medical College, Deralakatte, has concluded that better nutrition in TB pati.
Treating malnutrition markedly reduces deaths in TB patients in India. It's cheaper, too, than antibiotics and doesn't promote antibiotic resistance. What's stopping us?
New evidence from Reducing Activation of Tuberculosis by Improvement of Nutritional Status (RATIONS) trial shows that improved nutrition among contacts of patients with infectious lung TB can reduce the incidence of all forms of TB by 40 per cent and of infectious TB by nearly 50 per cent. Significantly, it also found that early weight gain in underweight patients with TB can reduce their risk of mortality by 60 per cent
A monthly food basket with adequate protein and multivitamins can reduce new tuberculosis cases by nearly half among family members of TB patients in India, according to a study published in The Lancet Global Health journal.
Treating malnutrition markedly reduces deaths in TB patients in India. It's cheaper, too, than antibiotics and doesn't promote antibiotic resistance. What's stopping us?