Opinion | What If Trial Participants Knew Their Contributions Were for Naught?
Gamertsfelder is a clinical and policy researcher. Osipenko leads a non-profit dedicated to improving the quality and integrity of clinical research. I am greeted with a tired smile when I arrive to conduct my weekly clinical trial visit. For some of my home-based participants, I am the only face they have seen all week. Each […]
B vitamins can potentially be used to treat advanced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore have uncovered a mechanism that leads to an advanced form of fatty liver disease — and it turns out that vitamin B12 and folic acid supplements could reverse this process. These findings could help people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, an umbrella term for a range of liver […]
Higher protein intake while dieting leads to healthier eating
Eating a larger proportion of protein while dieting leads to better food choices and helps avoid the loss of lean body mass, according to a Rutgers study. An analysis of pooled data from multiple weight-loss trials conducted at Rutgers shows that increasing the amount of protein even slightly, from 18 percent of a person’s food […]
Can Major Depression Lead to Bipolar Disorder?
What are the symptoms of bipolar disorder? Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that leads to severe mood swings. If you have an identified condition of depression, it cannot “develop into” or “lead to” bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that leads to severe mood swings. This is usually visible in […]
B12 deficiency harms young children’s development, and the food relief we provide isn’t good enough
Vitamin B12 deficiency in infants leads to poor motor development and anaemia, according to a study from Burkina Faso conducted by the University of Copenhagen and Médecins Sans Frontières. B12 deficiency is an enormous, yet overlooked problem, and the food relief we currently supply is not helping. According to the researchers, the problem calls for […]