Does multivitamin supplementation improve hematologic status in HIV-infected women and their children in Tanzania?
Multivitamin supplementation provided during pregnancy and in the postpartum period resulted in significant improvements in hematologic status among HIV-infected women and their children, which provides further support for the value of multivitamin supplementation in HIV-infected adults.
These results confirm several findings from the Children and Adolescent Trichotillomania Impact Project (CA-TIP). Our cross-sectional findings suggest there may be a developmental progress of symptoms in trichotillomania. Children appeared to develop more focused pulling, to become more aware of their urges, and to experience more frequent urges to pull, as they get older. Although these are important findings, they need to be confirmed in prospective longitudinal studies.