The United States Department of Agriculture/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine incorporated a cream supplement into premature infants’ diets that improved the children’s growth while in the NICU. The study was published in August in the Journal of Pediatrics. Previous research has shown that an exclusive human milk diet will protect […]
DETROIT – Hope is being offered for those scarred by the unsightly discoloration of vitiligo, according to a new study. The treatment is safe and effective in restoring skin pigmentation, said lead author Dr. Henry Lim, chairman of dermatology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. The study was published in September’s online edition of the
REHOVOT, Israel — A new study has shown that artificial sweeteners cause blood glucose abnormalities in mice and some humans. The study, published online Sept. 17 in the journal Nature, indicates aspartame, sucralose and saccharin change glucose tolerance and may be driven by the microbiome. The results can be reproduced in germ-free mice given microbes
BOSTON – Women who suffered severe acne while teenagers are at a higher risk of endometriosis. A study published online in September’s edition of Nature is based on findings that severe teenage acne and symptoms such as irregular menstrual cycles or abdominal pain should be evaluated for endometriosis, according to lead author Dr. Jing Xie
SOUTHAMPTON, UK – A new study shows an extract of North American chokecherry berries may strengthen the effectiveness of a chemotherapy drug commonly used to treat pancreatic cancer. The study, published online in the October edition of Journal of Clinical Pathology, shows the extract may enhance treatment of cancer, particularly hard-to-treat ones such as pancreatic
