Diet & Nutrition News and Research

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EPAC2 and diabetes: an interview with Dr. Hussain, Johns Hopkins University

EPAC stands for exchange protein activated by cyclic AMP (cAMP). cAMP is an (among many) intracellular messenger molecule. cAMP is generated when certain hormones stimulate a cell by binding to their receptor, which is at the outside surface of the cell.

3 May 2013

UC San Diego Health System receives national award for providing quality care to cancer patients

UC San Diego Health System is a recipient of the 2012 Outstanding Achievement Award from the American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer.

3 May 2013

NIH-funded study uncovers novel way that grapes exert beneficial effects in the heart

A study appearing in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry- demonstrates that grapes are able to reduce heart failure associated with chronic high blood pressure (hypertension) by increasing the activity of several genes responsible for antioxidant defense in the heart tissue.

3 May 2013

Increased accumulation of coronary artery calcium leads to heart attack risk

Patients with increasing accumulations of coronary artery calcium were more than six times more likely to suffer from a heart attack or die from heart disease than patients who didn't have increasing accumulations, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

3 May 2013

The Guardian examines new reports on nutrition spending

The Guardian examines two new reports on nutrition spending. "Ambitions to eradicate world hunger will not be realized if aid for basic nutrition remains at only 0.4 percent of total official development assistance (ODA), according to the research group Development Initiatives (DI)," the newspaper writes.

2 May 2013

Researchers awarded grant to reduce higher rates of stroke among underserved populations

UCLA researchers and their partners across Los Angeles County have been awarded an $11 million grant to fund research on community-based interventions to reduce the higher rates of stroke and death from stroke among disadvantaged Hispanics, African Americans and Asian-Americans.

2 May 2013

Higher vitamin D levels confer no additional benefit

In recent years, healthy people have been bombarded by stories in the media and on health websites warning about the dangers of too-low vitamin D levels, and urging high doses of supplements to protect against everything from hypertension to hardening of the arteries to diabetes.

2 May 2013

Agricultural biodiversity plays key role in food and nutritional security

While over 1 billion people are overweight and obese around the world, an estimated 868 million are undernourished. This paradox is explored in a new book, Diversifying Food and Diets, co-edited by Professor Danny Hunter who is an Adjunct Lecturer in Botany and Plant Science at NUI Galway.

2 May 2013

Exclusion diet boosts anal fissure healing

Research published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology shows that an exclusion diet combined with medical treatment can increase healing rates in patients with chronic anal fissure who have been referred for surgery.

30 Apr 2013

Atopy’s immunologic properties change with age in asthma

The strength of interaction between atopy and elevated eosinophil levels in asthma decreases with age, a study finds.

30 Apr 2013

Intermediate anti-tTG levels affects birth outcomes, new study reveals

Pregnant women with mid to high levels of antibodies common in patients with celiac disease are at risk for having babies with reduced fetal weight and birth weight, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association.

30 Apr 2013

UAB study suggests Mediterranean diet may be linked to preserving memory, thinking abilities

A University of Alabama at Birmingham study suggests that the Mediterranean diet, which urges consuming foods that contain omega-3 fatty acids found in fish, chicken and salad dressing, and avoiding saturated fats, meat and dairy foods, may be linked to preserving memory and thinking abilities.

30 Apr 2013

New patch therapy: A breakthrough for peanut allergy sufferers

The Food Allergy Center at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego is one of eight hospitals in the United States participating in an international peanut allergy desensitization study.

30 Apr 2013

Sufferers of gout and elevated uric acid levels have significantly increased death risks

A new study led by researchers at the Graduate Entry Medical School (GEMS), University of Limerick (UL) has found that people suffering from gout and elevated serum uric acid have significantly increased risks of death.

30 Apr 2013

Researchers say tiny thymus teaches immune system to ignore foreign bacteria in gut

The tiny thymus teaches the immune system to ignore the teeming, foreign bacteria in the gut that helps you digest and absorb food, researchers say.

30 Apr 2013

Study: Green tea extract with polyethylene glycol could help control body weight gain

Evidence has shown that green tea extract may be an effective herbal remedy useful for weight control and helping to regulate glucose in type 2 diabetes.

30 Apr 2013

Naturopathic lifestyle counselling helps reduce risk of cardiovascular disease

Counselling and treatment with naturopathic care as well as enhanced usual care reduced the prevalence of metabolic syndrome, a risk factor for heart disease, by 17% over a year for participants in a randomized controlled trial published in CMAJ.

30 Apr 2013

New ASPS statistics show arm lifts in women skyrocketed more than 4,000% since 2000

New statistics released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons show that arm lifts in women have skyrocketed more than 4,000 percent in just over the last decade.

30 Apr 2013

Merck, Pfizer sign collaboration agreement for development and commercialization of ertugliflozin

Merck & Co., Inc., known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and Pfizer Inc. today announced that they have entered into a worldwide (except Japan) collaboration agreement for the development and commercialization of Pfizer's ertugliflozin (PF-04971729), an investigational oral sodium glucose cotransporter (SGLT2) inhibitor being evaluated for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

From Pfizer, Inc. 30 Apr 2013

Kidney disease screening needs rethink in hypertension

The standard approach to detecting chronic kidney disease fails to spot the condition in about a quarter of patients with hypertension, a study suggests.

29 Apr 2013

Diet & Nutrition News and Research

Latest Diet & Nutrition News and Research

EPAC2 and diabetes: an interview with Dr. Hussain, Johns Hopkins University

UC San Diego Health System receives national award for providing quality care to cancer patients

NIH-funded study uncovers novel way that grapes exert beneficial effects in the heart

Increased accumulation of coronary artery calcium leads to heart attack risk

The Guardian examines new reports on nutrition spending

Researchers awarded grant to reduce higher rates of stroke among underserved populations

Higher vitamin D levels confer no additional benefit

Agricultural biodiversity plays key role in food and nutritional security

Exclusion diet boosts anal fissure healing

Atopy’s immunologic properties change with age in asthma

Intermediate anti-tTG levels affects birth outcomes, new study reveals

UAB study suggests Mediterranean diet may be linked to preserving memory, thinking abilities

New patch therapy: A breakthrough for peanut allergy sufferers

Sufferers of gout and elevated uric acid levels have significantly increased death risks

Researchers say tiny thymus teaches immune system to ignore foreign bacteria in gut

Study: Green tea extract with polyethylene glycol could help control body weight gain

Naturopathic lifestyle counselling helps reduce risk of cardiovascular disease

New ASPS statistics show arm lifts in women skyrocketed more than 4,000% since 2000

Merck, Pfizer sign collaboration agreement for development and commercialization of ertugliflozin

Kidney disease screening needs rethink in hypertension

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