WIC program usage reviewed in new interim report

Women and children who participate in the WIC program have low or inadequate intakes of several key nutrients that could be addressed with changes to the program’s food packages, says a new report…

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…

Fish Oil May Help Prevent Psychiatric Disorders

Researchers at Zucker Hillside Hospital’s Recognition and Prevention (RAP) Program who have worked with teenagers at risk for serious mental illness for the past decade are now studying the effectiveness of Omega 3 fatty acids (fish oil) for treating psychiatric symptoms…

Milk Better Than Water To Rehydrate Kids

Active children need to be watered with milk. It’s a more effective way of countering dehydration than a sports drink or water itself, say researchers at McMaster University. That’s particularly important during hot summer weather, says Brian Timmons, research director of the Child Health and Exercise Medicine Program at McMaster and principal investigator of the study…

Grant To Prevent Young Childhood Obesity

The Children’s Healthy Living Program for Remote Underserved Minority Populations in the Pacific Region (CHIL) recently received $23.7 in funding from the USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA)…

WFP, UNAIDS Work To Improve Nutritional Support Available For People Living With HIV/AIDS

The World Program Program (WFP), with the support of UNAIDS, is planning to launch “a new policy to make food and nutritional support more available to people living with HIV,” VOA News reports. The agency “says the aim of [the] program is to help patients stick to their treatment, while protecting their households from further vulnerability,” the news service adds…

WFP, UNAIDS Work To Improve Nutritional Support Available For People Living With HIV/AIDS

The World Program Program (WFP), with the support of UNAIDS, is planning to launch “a new policy to make food and nutritional support more available to people living with HIV,” VOA News reports. The agency “says the aim of [the] program is to help patients stick to their treatment, while protecting their households from further vulnerability,” the news service adds…

World Bank Extends Food Crisis Response Fund For Countries Experiencing High Food Prices

“The World Bank on Monday cited growing instability in food prices” before announcing that it would extends its Global Food Crisis Response Program (GFRP) through June 2011, Deutsche Presse-Agentur/M&C reports (10/18)…