Researchers have found a close link between selenium deficiency and Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM), a heart disease that affects pregnant women and recent mothers. The study of patients in Nigeria ...

Researchers from the University of Colorado and the USDA Agricultural Research Service studied women in Guatemala, India and Pakistan and found that maternal selenium supplementation did not impact ...

Selenium, an essential dietary mineral that can act as an antioxidant when incorporated into proteins, has been shown in many studies to reduce the incidence of cancers -- notably lung, colorectal and ...