Adherence to the Alternative Healthy Eating Index (AHEI) dietary recommendations may decrease the risk for premature death from cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to results from a study, published online on May 25 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The study examined the association between adherence to the AHEI – scored on the basis of [...]
Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) who do not tolerate adequate nutrition from tube feeding should wait a week before receiving intravenous (IV) feeding, as a new study finds that late IV feeding enhances recovery from critical illness compared with early IV feeding. This multicentre study, called Early Parenteral Nutrition to supplement insufficient enteral [...]
Arecent study reported that high-dose docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation in preterm infants is associated with lower risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in the smallest infants and in male infants. The multicentre, randomised controlled trial was set out to investigate the effect of DHA supplementation on long-term respiratory and atopic outcomes in preterm infants with gestational [...]
Dr Warren Lee is in private practice at Camden Medical Centre and is a part-time senior consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology at KK Hospital. Antenatal food restriction and subsequent patterns of weight gain in early childhood may have an impact on the risk of the metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus in later life. Recent knowledge in [...]
Anew study from the UK, published online on June 25 in the Lancet, showed that patients with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes (T2D) who received 6.5 hours of additional dietary advice sessions had improved blood sugar control, compared with patients who received usual care. However, increased activity did not confer additional benefit when combined with [...]
Advanced hepatitis C patients with chronic liver disease may benefit from drinking coffee during treatment, according to a new study in the June issue of Gastroenterology. The study reported that patients who drank three or more cups of coffee per day were two times more likely to respond to peginterferon plus ribavirin treatment than non-drinkers. [...]
A very low-energy diet improves moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnoea in obese men, with benefits maintained at one year and proportional to weight loss and baseline severity, according to the results of a single-centre, prospective, observational follow-up study. The study, published online on June 1 in the British Medical Journal, enrolled 63 men aged [...]
A scientific study found that tart cherry paste significantly decreased muscle tenderness and pain following strenuous exercise, and generally lowered blood pressure. The cross-over double blind study used a commercially available tart cherry gel (CherryFlex® ProSport Shot) made from whole fruit to examine the effects of cherry supplementation on exercise-induced inflammation, muscle soreness and blood [...]