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AGA publishes clinical guideline for managing patients with gastric intestinal metaplasia

Gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM), which is linked to non-cardia gastric cancer, is often detected during routine endoscopy, leading to questions about how patient care should be managed.

10 Dec 2019

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics provides ideas for making a healthful dessert

With just a few simple ingredient swaps, making a healthful dessert is not a contradiction in terms.

10 Dec 2019

Study finds that even light alcohol consumption may increase overall cancer risk

A new study suggests that even light-to-moderate alcohol consumption may increase overall cancer risk.

10 Dec 2019

‘Food pharmacies’ in clinics: When the diagnosis is chronic hunger

There’s a new question that anti-hunger advocates want doctors and nurses to ask patients: Do you have enough food?

10 Dec 2019

Mapping genetic links between diseases using data from electronic health records

Physicians use standard disease classifications based on symptoms or location in the body to help make diagnoses. These classifications, called nosologies, can help doctors understand which diseases are closely related, and thus may be caused by the same underlying issues or respond to the same treatments.

9 Dec 2019

Lactobacillus balances intestinal microbiome and ameliorates chronic alcohol-induced liver injury

Researchers demonstrated that Lactobacillus rhamnosus can dose-dependently reestablish a balanced intestinal microbiome and counter the liver-damaging effects of alcohol consumption in mice to reverse the results of chronic alcohol-induced liver injury.

9 Dec 2019

Dead probiotic reduces age-related leaky gut in older mice, study finds

Scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine have identified a dead probiotic that reduces age-related leaky gut in older mice. The study is published in the journal GeroScience.

9 Dec 2019

Research shows how high levels of blood fat induce inflammation and organ damage

Viral and bacterial infections are not the only causes of inflammation of body tissue. It has been known for some time that certain fat molecules in our bloodstream can also trigger an inflammatory response.

9 Dec 2019

New York's landmark bill guarantees healthful plant-based meals to hospital patients

The Physicians Committee--a nonprofit with more than 12,000 doctor members--applauds New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for signing into law on Dec. 6 a landmark bill that guarantees hospital patients a healthful plant-based option at every meal.

9 Dec 2019

Exercise improves key measures of cardiovascular health

Eight months of daily, afterschool physical activity in previously inactive 8- to 11-year-olds with obesity and overweight improved key measures of their cardiovascular health like good cholesterol levels, aerobic fitness and percent body fat, but didn't improve others like arterial stiffness, an early indicator of cardiovascular risk, investigators report.

9 Dec 2019

Low prevalence of clinical decision support systems used to calculate nutritional intake for premature infants

Most neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) participating in the Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium are unable to reliably and consistently monitor caloric intake delivered to critically ill infants at risk for growth failure, according to a study published in the Journal of Perinatology.

9 Dec 2019

New eBooks launched to encourage young children to eat a variety of vegetables

Seeing images of vegetables can boost children’s intake – new eBooks launched to encourage children to eat their greens

9 Dec 2019

Aussies can have their health and eat meat too with new version of Mediterranean diet

Barbecued, stir-fried or roasted, there's no doubt that Aussies love their meat. Consuming on average nearly 100 kilograms of meat per person per year, Australians are among the top meat consumers worldwide.

9 Dec 2019

Danone chooses to use the Horizon brand for children’s organic milk product

Danone’s Horizon Growing Years, an organic milk specially formulated for children aged one to five years, bridges the gap between infant formula and standard milk.

6 Dec 2019

Ketone-supplemented diet may help fight against Alzheimer’s disease

A ketone-supplemented diet may protect neurons from death during the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, according to research in mice recently published in JNeurosci.

From Society for Neuroscience 6 Dec 2019

Preoperative rehabilitation program for older adults leads to better outcomes

Older adults who "train" for a major operation by exercising, eating a healthy diet, and practicing stress reduction techniques preoperatively have shorter hospital stays and are more likely to return to their own homes afterward rather than another facility, compared with similar patients who do not participate in preoperative rehabilitation, according to research findings.

5 Dec 2019

Early cholesterol checks could save your heart

A new study published in the journal The Lancet reports that early cholesterol checking in the 20s, for instance, would help forecast the individual’s risk of ever having a stroke or heart disease over a lifetime.

5 Dec 2019

New study examines link between sugars and cardiovascular disease

The impact of sugars on heart health depends on the dose and type of sugar consumed, suggests a new study led by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital.

5 Dec 2019

Study reveals multiple correlations between brain complexity and locomotion pattern in vertebrates

Researchers at the Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, have uncovered multi-level relationships between locomotion - the ways animals move - and brain architecture, using high-definition 3D models of lizard and snake brains.

5 Dec 2019

Time-restricted eating can help treat metabolic syndrome

Metabolic syndrome affects nearly 30 percent of the U.S. population, and increases the risk for type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke. But lifestyle interventions such as adopting a healthy diet and increasing physical exercise are difficult to maintain and, even when combined with medication, are often insufficient to fully manage the disease.

5 Dec 2019

Diet & Nutrition News and Research

Latest Diet & Nutrition News and Research

AGA publishes clinical guideline for managing patients with gastric intestinal metaplasia

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics provides ideas for making a healthful dessert

Study finds that even light alcohol consumption may increase overall cancer risk

‘Food pharmacies’ in clinics: When the diagnosis is chronic hunger

Mapping genetic links between diseases using data from electronic health records

Lactobacillus balances intestinal microbiome and ameliorates chronic alcohol-induced liver injury

Dead probiotic reduces age-related leaky gut in older mice, study finds

Research shows how high levels of blood fat induce inflammation and organ damage

New York's landmark bill guarantees healthful plant-based meals to hospital patients

Exercise improves key measures of cardiovascular health

Low prevalence of clinical decision support systems used to calculate nutritional intake for premature infants

New eBooks launched to encourage young children to eat a variety of vegetables

Aussies can have their health and eat meat too with new version of Mediterranean diet

Danone chooses to use the Horizon brand for children’s organic milk product

Ketone-supplemented diet may help fight against Alzheimer’s disease

Preoperative rehabilitation program for older adults leads to better outcomes

Early cholesterol checks could save your heart

New study examines link between sugars and cardiovascular disease

Study reveals multiple correlations between brain complexity and locomotion pattern in vertebrates

Time-restricted eating can help treat metabolic syndrome

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