Pediatrics
Quinn on Nutrition: What is A2 milk?
At a recent nutrition seminar, my friend, Kristin (another registered dietitian) and I were intrigued to hear an update about a new product on the market called A2 milk.
Sep 17, 2019
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Genetics
Researchers pinpoint animal model proteins important in study of human disease
Heart disease remains the most common cause of death in the western world, and cardiac defects are the most prevalent form of birth defect in the United States and Europe. Yet little is known about the proteins and cellular ...
Sep 10, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New insight into motor neuron death mechanisms could be a step toward ALS treatment
Researchers at Oregon State University have made an important advance toward understanding why certain cells in the nervous system are prone to breaking down and dying, which is what happens in patients with ALS and other ...
Sep 4, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers unlock cancer cells' feeding mechanism, central to tumor growth
An international team led by researchers from the University of Cincinnati and Japan's Keio and Hiroshima universities has discovered the energy production mechanism of cancerous cells that drives the growth of the nucleolus ...
Aug 1, 2019
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Health
With bitter foods, what you eat determines what you like to eat
Introducing plant-based foods to a diet is a common-sense approach to healthy eating, but many people don't like the taste of vegetables, bitter greens, in particular.
Jul 24, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Age itself appears to increase the spread of Alzheimer's-associated tau in the brain
A study by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) finds evidence that spread through the brain of the Alzheimer's-disease-associated protein tau is facilitated by factors within the aging brain itself and not ...
Jun 26, 2019
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Health
How to pack more plant protein into your everyday diet
(HealthDay)—You don't have to adopt a total vegetarian lifestyle to improve your health. You can get some of its advantages simply by replacing some of the animal proteins in your diet with plant-based ones.
Jun 20, 2019
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Health
Pediatricians should encourage fish consumption for children
(HealthDay)—Fish and shellfish consumption should be encouraged for children, according to a technical report published online May 20 in Pediatrics.
May 23, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Alzheimer's in minibrains
In the majority of cases, dementia can be traced back to Alzheimer's disease. Its causes are not really understood yet. What is known is that plaques form from misfolded proteins and that there is an increase in neuronal ...
Apr 30, 2019
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Medications
New approach could lead to a lifetime flu vaccine
If the virus that causes flu were an ice cream cone, then the yearly vaccine teaches the immune system to recognize just the scoop – chocolate one year, strawberry the next. As the virus changes each year, so too must the ...
Apr 29, 2019
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