UMass Amherst sensory expert seeks strategies to help cancer patients eat well
Photo Cred: UMass Amherst By Katherine Shagoury The simple pleasure of tasting and savoring food is an important part of anyone’s daily life, but for many cancer patients can be...
Read MoreResearch finds patients take supplements with potentially serious interactions
Photo Cred: Brandless/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Nearly 98 percent of people prescribed direct-acting oral anticoagulants such as apixaban used over-the-counter products. Of those, 33 percent took at least one such...
Read MoreMayo Clinic study finds dairy associated with higher risk of prostate cancer
Photo Cred: NeONBRAND/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury A high consumption of dairy products, like milk and cheese, appears to be associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer, according to new...
Read MoreSeverity of psoriasis related to the severity of fatty liver disease
By Katherine Shagoury The severity of psoriasis is associated with the severity of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), according to new findings presented at the 28th European Academy of Dermatology...
Read MoreMedical nutrition therapy paired with medical treatment may reduce future heart disease, study says
By Katherine Shagoury Patients with hypertension and Type 2 diabetes who consume a high fiber diet had improvement in their blood pressure, cholesterol and fasting glucose, according to a new...
Read MoreObesity associated with abnormal bowel habits, not diet, researchers find
By Katherine Shagoury A team of physician researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston, Massachusetts found a strong association between obesity and chronic diarrhea independent of an...
Read MoreAmerican Heart Association issues statement supporting precision medicine for heart failure
By Katherine Shagoury Precision medicine could one day personalize heart failure care by identifying groups of patients more likely to develop heart failure and tailoring which medications and other therapies...
Read MoreReview highlights benefits of plant-based diet for rheumatoid arthritis
By Katherine Shagoury A plant-based diet may alleviate painful symptoms associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a new review published in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition. RA is an autoimmune...
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