Positive Health Online

Issue 36

ALMALLAH and colleagues, Department of Surgery, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom writes that it has been recently postulated that patients suffering from ulcerative colitis have altered natural cytotoxicity.

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Issue 36

CHUNTRASAKUL and colleagues, Research Center for Nutritional Support Siriraj Hospital, Thailand studied the nutritional, metabolic and immune effects of dietary amino acids and fish oil supplementation upon patients with compromised im1

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Issue 35

FAWZI and colleagues, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA write that poor micronutrient status has been associated with faster progression of HIV-1 disease

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Issue 35

HUNTER, Addenbrookes Hospital, Gastroenterology Research Unit, Cambridge, UK writes that there has been a growing interest in the importance of nutritional factors involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bow1

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Issue 35

HUGHES and ONG, Department of Community, Occupational, and Family Medicine, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Medicine, Singapore examined the hypothesis that the higher rates of coronary heart disease (CHD)1

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Issue 33

GEERLING and colleagues, Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands. bgee@sint.azm.nl, write that malnutrition is frequently observed and is an importa1

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Issue 33

MEYDANI and colleagues, Nutritional Immunology Laboratory Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts 02111 USA review (71 references) the effects of antioxidants upon cytokines and immune 1

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Issue 33

CORRAO and colleagues, Institute of Statistical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Milan, Italy. Giovanni.corrao@unimi.it. assessed the relationship of alcohol consumption and intake of 15 se1

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Issue 32

JOHNSTON and colleagues, Department of Family Resources and Human Development, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA studied the diet and vitamin C status of two college student samples.

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Issue 32

BERNARD and colleagues, Groupe dEpidemiologie Metabolique, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Montpellier, France, studied exposure to nitrogen dioxide and its effect upon blood antioxidant levels.

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Issue 27

WEBER and colleagues, Human Nutrition Research Division, Hoffmann-La Roche, Paramus, New Jersey USA review (104 references) the literature which provides strong evidence that vitamin E intakes much higher than currently recomme1

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Issue 27

PONS and colleagues, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain write that determining the antioxidant status of various population groups is of great interest due to the probably benefits of these nutrients in the prevention1

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Issue 27

COUDRAY and colleagues, Groupe de Recherche et dEtude sur les Pathologies Oxydatives (GREPO), Faculte de Pharmacie, Universite J Fourier, La Tronche, France write that selenium (Se) and antioxidant vitamins may plan an important role rega1

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Issue 23

BENTON and colleagues, Department of Psychology, University College, Swansea, Wales UK assessed the nutritional status in a sample of 243 young British adult students, using biochemical indices of thiamine (vit1

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Issue 23

CRAWLEY, Statistics, OR and Probabilistic Methods Research Centre (STORM), University of North London, UK studied the dietary differences reported by teenagers in Scotland compared with teenagers elsewhere in the UK.

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Issue 23

FORTES and colleagues, Epidemiologic Unit, Lazio Region, Rome Italy investigated the effect of vitamin A, zinc or both upon plasma lipid peroxides in a healthy elderly population.

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