Pitt-led study shows lifestyle interventions can prevent major depression in adults with mild symptoms
Discussions with a dietary coach to learn about healthy eating were as effective as meeting with a counselor for problem-solving or “talk” therapy in preventing major depression among older black and white adults with mild symptoms of the mood disorder, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Maryland.
March 24, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: depression, dietary-coach, healthy-eating, mild-symptoms, mood, nutrition, older-black, on call diets, pittsburgh, preventing-major, the-mood, university
Vitamin D Insufficiency Contributes To Pain In Black Americans With Knee Osteoarthritis
A new study reveals that black Americans display lower levels of vitamin D and greater pain sensitivity compared to white Americans. Findings published in Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), indicate that vitamin D deficiency may be one of many factors that account for increased pain in older black Americans with knee osteoarthritis (OA)…
November 8, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: arthritis, arthritis / rheumatology, deficiency-may, display-lower, nutrition, older-black, pain-sensitivity, rheumatism, rheumatology
