Higher dietary zinc linked to increased endometriosis risk in US study

Women with higher dietary zinc levels are more likely to develop endometriosis, a chronic inflammatory condition affecting an estimated 176 million worldwide, according to a recent study. 

Published in BMC Public Health, the study used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and found a link between the essential mineral and ureteral disease in US women. The researchers surveyed 4,315 women aged 20 to 54 between 1999 and 2006.