Curcumin may help overcome drug-resistant tuberculosis
New research indicates that curcumin – a substance in turmeric that is best known as one of the main components of curry powder – may help fight drug-resistant tuberculosis.
March 29, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: best-known, curry-powder, diet, fight-drug-resistant, known-as-one, may-help, nutrition, nutritional counseling, research-indicates, the-main, tuberculosis
10 million lives saved and 45 million TB cases avoided with Stop TB Partnership 5-year investment plan
The world is losing its battle with tuberculosis (TB), which is now the biggest infectious killer globally, causing 1.5 million deaths every year.
November 20, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: biggest, biggest-infectious, losing-its, million-deaths, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, tuberculosis
Protein identified that helps prevent active tuberculosis in infected patients
UCLA-led study has identified a protein that appears to play a key role in protecting people infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis – the bacterium that causes tuberculosis – from developing the…
August 22, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bacterium, diet, from-developing, key-role, mycobacterium, on call diets, protecting-people, the-bacterium, tuberculosis, ucla
Boosting the immune system with vitamin A may help in the fight against tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is a major global problem, affecting 2 billion people worldwide and causing an estimated 2 million deaths annually. Western countries are once again tackling the disease, with recent outbreaks in Los Angeles and London.
February 27, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: angeles, billion-people, disease, major-global, million-deaths, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, tackling-the-disease, tuberculosis
Drug-Resistant TB Destroyed By Vitamin C
In a striking, unexpected discovery, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture. The finding suggests that vitamin C added to existing TB drugs could shorten TB therapy, and it highlights a new area for drug design…
May 24, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: albert, albert-einstein, college, esearchers-at-albert, finding-suggests, kills-drug-resistant, medicine, new-area, oncalldietitian.com, tuberculosis, unexpected-discovery, yeshiva, yeshiva-university
Vitamin D Supports Lung Function As Well As Bone Health
Maintaining adequate levels of vitamin D can help people breathe better and may even protect against tuberculosis (TB), according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). The study of more than 10,000 Korean adults found that lung function improved when people had absorbed more vitamin D into their bodies…
March 28, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: adequate-levels, bodies, clinical, endocrine, journal, may-even, metabolism, more-vitamin, nutritional counseling, on call diets, people-breathe, recent-study, tuberculosis
Study Suggests Link Between Vitamin D Levels And Developing Tuberculosis
New research presented at this week’s Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) in Canberra, Australia, suggests a link between vitamin D levels and the risk of developing tuberculosis (TB), with rates of TB incidence up to 37% higher following darker winter months than during the rest of the year…
March 21, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: annual, australia, australian, darker-winter, diet, during-the-rest, infectious, link-between, meeting, oncalldiets, rest, the-risk, tuberculosis, week, year
Scientists Find Vitamin D Crucial In Human Immune Response To TB
Not just important for building strong bones, an international team of scientists has found that vitamin D also plays an essential role in the body’s fight against infections such as tuberculosis.
October 13, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: body, essential-role, fatal-lung, nutrition, on call diets, strong-bones, such-as-tuberculosis, the-body, tuberculosis
Stealthy Approach Of Epidemics Revealed By Tuberculosis Strain Spread By The Fur Trade
French Canadian voyageurs spread tuberculosis throughout the indigenous peoples of western Canada for over 150 years, yet, strangely enough, it wasn’t until the fur traders ceased their forays that epidemics of tuberculosis broke out. Now Stanford researchers have puzzled out why…
April 12, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: forays, fur-traders, indigenous, indigenous-peoples, nutrition, on call diets, stanford, tuberculosis, until-the-fur, voyageurs-spread
ABC News Global Health Series Launches Friday
In a New York Daily News article, ABC News medical correspondent Richard Besser discussed the network’s new “Be the Change: Save a Life” series ahead of its Friday launch, which will be the “first installment in a multimillion-dollar partnership between ABC News and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to cover global health issues…
December 20, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: daily, daily-news, first-installment, friday, medical-correspondent, melinda, melinda-gates, network, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, richard, richard-besser, tuberculosis