Diet & Nutrition News and Research

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Longer looks: Understanding downsides of saturated fat, sugar; will innovation save U.S. health care system?

The streetlights in Buenos Aires are considerably dimmer than they are in New York, one of the many things I learned during my family's six-month stay in Argentina. The front windshield of the rental car, aged and covered in the city's grime, further obscured what little light came through. When we stopped at the first red light after leaving the hospital, I broke two of my most important marital promises. I started acting like my wife's doctor, and I lied to her. I had just taken the PET scan, the diagnostic X-ray test, out of its manila envelope (Dr. Peter B. Bach, 5/6).

9 May 2014

Johns Hopkins cancer center gets $10M gift for breast cancer-related programs

Officials at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center today announced receipt of a $10 million gift from Under Armour Inc. to fund breast cancer and breast health support programs and a women’s wellness center.

9 May 2014

New research finds positive correlation between bariatric surgery and reduced risk of atrial fibrillation

New research has found that bariatric surgery is an effective way to control weight in morbidly obese patients who are at risk for developing atrial fibrillation (AF).

9 May 2014

Scientists discover ancient kitten-sized predator that lived 13 million years ago

A Case Western Reserve University student and his mentor have discovered an ancient kitten-sized predator that lived in Bolivia about 13 million years ago-one of the smallest species reported in the extinct order Sparassodonta.

9 May 2014

Teaching people to self-manage diabetes leads to better results

Teaching people with diabetes how to control their blood glucose levels helps them achieve better results, finds a new study in Ethnicity and Disease. Surprisingly, providing intensive training to physicians of diabetes patients did not help patients achieve blood glucose control.

9 May 2014

Smashburger partners with Udi's Gluten Free

Smashburger, the rapidly expanding better burger restaurant concept, today announced its new partnership with Udi's Gluten Free, rolling out a gluten-free bun offering at all U.S.

9 May 2014

Genzyme, Isis receive 2014 Partners in Progress Corporate Award for KYNAMRO injection

Genzyme, a Sanofi company, and Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc., today announced that they have received the 2014 Partners in Progress Corporate Award from NORD in recognition of KYNAMRO (mipomersen sodium) injection.

9 May 2014

Freeman Health System wins 2014 Truven Health Advantage Award for Overall Performance

Mike Boswood, president and CEO of Truven Health Analytics presented the 2014 Truven Health Advantage Award for Overall Performance to Freeman Health System, a not-for-profit, three-hospital system in Joplin, Missouri.

8 May 2014

Dyadic International's total revenue for Q1 2014 up 20%

Dyadic International, Inc., a global biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of enzymes and others proteins for the bioenergy, bio-based chemicals, biopharmaceutical and industrial enzyme industries, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014.

8 May 2014

Owaves launches world's first dedicated wellness planner on iTunes

Owaves, a cosmopolitan lifestyle medicine company based in San Diego, is launching the world's first dedicated wellness planner today on iTunes. The Owaves iPad App provides a remarkably simple, visual, fun and effective tool for positive lifestyle change and management.

8 May 2014

Study: Elevated levels of atmospheric CO2 threaten human nutrition

At the elevated levels of atmospheric CO2 anticipated by around 2050, crops that provide a large share of the global population with most of their dietary zinc and iron will have significantly reduced concentrations of those nutrients, according to a new study led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH).

8 May 2014

Low-carbohydrate diet reduces inflammation in patients with type 2 diabetes

A low-carbohydrate diet, but not a low-fat diet, reduces inflammation in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to research at Linköping University in Sweden.

8 May 2014

Department of Pediatrics at BMC/BUSM honored with APA 2014 Health Care Delivery Award

The Department of Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has been honored with the Academic Pediatric Association (APA) 2014 Health Care Delivery Award.

8 May 2014

Mouse mothers can protect pups from developing type 1 diabetes by eating gluten-free diet

New experiments on mice show, that mouse mothers can protect their pups from developing type 1 diabetes by eating a gluten-free diet. According to preliminary studies by reseachers at the University of Copenhagen, the findings may apply to humans.

8 May 2014

Lifestyle intervention for impaired glucose tolerance wards off vascular mortality

Implementing lifestyle changes in patients with impaired glucose tolerance has lasting cardiovascular benefits, show findings published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology.

7 May 2014

Gentiva’s net revenues increase $487.5M to 17% in Q1 2014

Gentiva Health Services, Inc., one of the largest providers of home health, hospice and community care services in the United States, today reported first quarter 2014 results.

7 May 2014

Controlling low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol levels: an interview with Jay Edelberg, M.D., Sanofi and Bill Sasiela, Ph.D., Regeneron

Lipids, primarily cholesterol and triglycerides, come from two sources: what is naturally manufactured in the liver and what comes from the intestines through the diet.

From Sanofi 7 May 2014

New project aims to find better weapons against life-threating multi-resistant bacteria

A Norwegian-Danish project aims to find better weapons against life-threating multi-resistant bacteria.

7 May 2014

Snacking quality declines with age, confirms new data

The average U.S. child snacks three times a day. Concerned about the role of snacking in obesity, a team of researchers set out to explore how eating frequency relates to energy intake and diet quality in a sample of low-income, urban schoolchildren in the Boston area.

7 May 2014

New research focuses on using wheat fiber to lower cholesterol and prevent development of heart disease

The saying, "we are what we eat," has never been more true. Nutritionists increasingly emphasize that the nutrients in the foods we consume can potentially create health and reduce disease.

7 May 2014

Diet & Nutrition News and Research

Latest Diet & Nutrition News and Research

Longer looks: Understanding downsides of saturated fat, sugar; will innovation save U.S. health care system?

Johns Hopkins cancer center gets $10M gift for breast cancer-related programs

New research finds positive correlation between bariatric surgery and reduced risk of atrial fibrillation

Scientists discover ancient kitten-sized predator that lived 13 million years ago

Teaching people to self-manage diabetes leads to better results

Smashburger partners with Udi's Gluten Free

Genzyme, Isis receive 2014 Partners in Progress Corporate Award for KYNAMRO injection

Freeman Health System wins 2014 Truven Health Advantage Award for Overall Performance

Dyadic International's total revenue for Q1 2014 up 20%

Owaves launches world's first dedicated wellness planner on iTunes

Study: Elevated levels of atmospheric CO2 threaten human nutrition

Low-carbohydrate diet reduces inflammation in patients with type 2 diabetes

Department of Pediatrics at BMC/BUSM honored with APA 2014 Health Care Delivery Award

Mouse mothers can protect pups from developing type 1 diabetes by eating gluten-free diet

Lifestyle intervention for impaired glucose tolerance wards off vascular mortality

Gentiva’s net revenues increase $487.5M to 17% in Q1 2014

Controlling low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol levels: an interview with Jay Edelberg, M.D., Sanofi and Bill Sasiela, Ph.D., Regeneron

New project aims to find better weapons against life-threating multi-resistant bacteria

Snacking quality declines with age, confirms new data

New research focuses on using wheat fiber to lower cholesterol and prevent development of heart disease

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