Study Raises Questions About Dietary Fats And Heart Disease Guidance
New analysis of missing data casts doubt on diet-heart advice Dietary advice about fats and the risk of heart disease is called into question on bmj.com today as a clinical trial shows that replacing saturated animal fats with omega-6 polyunsaturated vegetable fats is linked to an increased risk of death among patients with heart disease…
February 6, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: clinical-trial, heart-disease, increased-risk, missing-data, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, question-on-bmj, risk, vegetable-fats
‘Anti-Hunger’ Yogurts, Smoothies May Help Those Struggling With Dieting
Promising results were reported from a proof-of-concept clinical trial of an “anti-hunger” ingredient for yogurt, fruit shakes, smoothies and other foods that would make people feel full longer and ease the craving to eat…
August 23, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: clinical-trial, craving, ease-the-craving, foods, fruit-shakes, make-people, nutrition, other-foods, results-were
Could A Compound Found In Red Wine And Red Grapes Change The Course Of Alzheimer’s Disease?
A national, phase II clinical trial examining the effects of resveratrol on individuals with mild to moderate dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease has begun as more than two dozen academic institutions recruit volunteers in the coming months. R. Scott Turner, M.D., Ph.D., director of Georgetown University Medical Center’s Memory Disorders Program, is the lead investigator for the national study…
May 14, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: begun-as-more, clinical-trial, georgetown, medical, medical-center, national, oncalldietitian.com, program, the-coming, two-dozen
Treating Corneal Disease With Vitamin B-Based Medication May Offer Some Patients A Permanent Solution
Patients in the United States who have the cornea-damaging disease keratoconus may soon be able to benefit from a new treatment that is already proving effective in Europe and other parts of the world. The treatment, called collagen crosslinking, improved vision in almost 70 percent of patients treated for keratoconus in a recent three-year clinical trial in Milan, Italy…
October 25, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: already-proving, called-collagen, clinical-trial, cornea, europe, eye health / blindness, improved-vision, milan, new-treatment, nutritional counseling, parts, united, united-states, world
Dietary-Intervention Study For Prostate Cancer Accruing Patients
Two researchers from Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) have opened a clinical trial that will assess the impact of dietary change to control prostate cancer…
August 6, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: assess-the-impact, clinical-trial, control-prostate, diet, impact, nutrition, nutritional counseling, on call diets, roswell, roswell-park, rpci
Phase I Trial Of Vaccine Shows Promising Results In Coeliac Disease
The world’s first potential vaccine for coeliac disease has shown promising results for treating coeliac disease in a Phase I clinical trial and is expected to move to Phase II trials within the next year. The Phase I trial undertaken in Melbourne, Australia, evaluated the safety, tolerability and bioactivity of the vaccine Nexvax2®, which has been developed for coeliac disease…
May 10, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: clinical-trial, coeliac-disease, first-potential, immune system / vaccines, nexvax2, nutritional counseling, the-vaccine, trials-within, vaccine
Exploring The Role Of Vitamin D In Preventing Esophageal Cancer
In a first-of-its-kind clinical trial, physicians at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center who are Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers are exploring the role of Vitamin D in preventing esophageal cancer…
October 21, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: clinical-trial, diet, exploring-the-role, medical-center, medicine, physicians-at-university, preventing-esophageal, role, the-role, university, vitamin, western-reserve
