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A high proportion of nursing facility residents were found to have low serum (blood) zinc concentrations during an observational study funded by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the National Institute on Aging. The scientists found that those with normal blood zinc concentrations were about 50%less likely to develop pneumonia than those with low concentrations. The study was led by Simin Nikbin Meydani, Nutritional Immunology Laboratory director at Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA), Tufts University in...
