New screen offers hope for copper deficiency sufferers
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 01:21
in Health & Medicine
Copper deficiency diseases can be devastating. Symptoms can range from crippling neurological degeneration in Menkes disease - a classic copper deficiency disease - to brittle bones, anaemia and defective skin pigmentation in gastric bypass patients. Unfortunately, very little is known about how the body uses this essential nutrient.