Acupuncture Plus Good Nutrition Helps Cancer Patients Build Muscle
Cancer patients often lose muscle mass during treatment, which can make them weaker and affect their quality of life. Researchers tested whether combining …
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Special Meat May Help Protect Livers in People With Diabetes
Researchers tested whether meat enriched with silicon (a mineral) could help protect the livers of rats with advanced type 2 diabetes. The rats that ate this …
Read MorePlant Compound Shows Promise for Obesity and Mood Issues
Researchers tested a natural protein from tamarind fruit on obese fish to see if it could help with weight and behavior problems like anxiety. The study found …
Read MoreNew Combo Treatment Helps Older Adults Build Muscle and Fix Gut Health
Researchers tested whether two supplements together could help elderly people with weak muscles. They studied 78 older adults for one month, giving some a …
Read MoreKids with Pancreas Problems Do Better Eating Normally Than With Feeding Tubes
When children get acute pancreatitis (a painful swelling of the pancreas), doctors have traditionally used feeding tubes to give them nutrition while they …
Read MoreBlack Rice May Help Slow Down Aging in Women's Ovaries
Researchers studied whether eating whole-grain black rice could help protect women's ovaries from aging. Using advanced cell-level analysis in mice, they found …
Read MoreAdding Healthy Eating to Diabetes Medicine Works Better
Researchers tested whether adding a Mediterranean diet and nutritional supplements to a diabetes medicine called dapagliflozin would help patients even more. …
Read MoreLow Vitamin D Linked to Worse Asthma in Kids
Researchers studied 210 children with asthma to see if vitamin D levels affected how well they controlled their condition. They found that nearly half of the …
Read MoreHow Nutrition Affects Hospital Patients' Quality of Life After Going Home
Researchers followed 619 patients with digestive and cancer-related illnesses for one year after they left the hospital to see how their quality of life …
Read MoreSpecial Nutrition Plans Help Pancreatic Cancer Patients Feel Better
Researchers tested whether a personalized nutrition plan could help pancreatic cancer patients who received a special type of radiation treatment called …
Read MoreWhy Good Nutrition Before Surgery Helps Your Brain Stay Sharp
When people don't eat well before surgery, their brains may have a harder time recovering afterward. Researchers reviewed studies showing that malnutrition—not …
Read MoreExtra Food and Cooking Tips Help Malnourished Kids Gain Healthy Weight
Researchers in Sri Lanka tested whether giving malnourished children extra food and teaching parents to cook nutritious meals would help them grow better. They …
Read MoreSpecial Food Helps Sick Kids Feel Better and Stronger
Researchers studied 260 children with cancer who weren't eating enough to stay healthy. Half of the children received regular nutrition help, while the other …
Read MoreVitamin B3 Supplement May Help Protect Livers from Alcohol Damage
Researchers discovered that drinking alcohol causes the body to release a harmful protein that triggers inflammation in the liver. They found that a form of …
Read MoreHelping International Students Eat Healthier with Mediterranean Diet
When students move to a new country, they often change what they eat based on what's available and what their new culture prefers. This change can be good or …
Read MoreWhy Kids with Zika Need Better Nutrition Support
Children born with Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome face serious challenges with growth and nutrition that last for years. Researchers in Brazil followed 38 …
Read MoreVitamin B3 May Protect Your Liver From Harmful Chemicals
Researchers discovered that nicotinamide, a form of vitamin B3, may help protect the liver from damage caused by PFOS, a toxic chemical found in the …
Read MoreWhat Makes Cancer Patients Accept Diet Help During Chemo?
Researchers reviewed 18 studies to understand what helps or hurts cancer patients' willingness to follow dietary advice while undergoing chemotherapy. They …
Read MoreWhy Hospital Patients Who Can Walk Go Home Faster
A large study of over 5,500 hospital patients in China found that being able to walk around during your hospital stay is connected to going home sooner and …
Read MoreHow Good Nutrition Helps Women Recover After Gynecological Cancer Surgery
Researchers looked at 13 different studies to understand how nutrition affects recovery in women who have gynecological cancer surgery. They found that certain …
Read MoreCan a Supplement Called Taurine Help Kids with Autism?
Researchers are testing whether a natural substance called taurine might help improve symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Previous …
Read MoreNew Supplement Helps Fatty Liver Disease and Anxiety in Study
Researchers tested a new supplement called α5 on mice with fatty liver disease—a condition where fat builds up in the liver, often linked to obesity. The mice …
Read MoreHelping People with Dementia Eat Better at Home
Over 980,000 people in the UK live with dementia, and many of them struggle to eat enough healthy food as their condition gets worse. This new study is testing …
Read MoreExercise Plus Better Eating May Help Kidney Disease Patients
Researchers looked at studies combining exercise and healthy eating for people with kidney disease who aren't on dialysis yet. They found that combining both …
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