POSTS TAGGED AS nutrition

Nutritional Biomarkers

Sooner or later, personalized medicine will encompass the individual’s daily nutritional needs, but that area of investigation probably is [MORE]

Breath Test for Vitamin Deficiency

Researchers at the University of Florida at Gainesville, and a New Hampshire company, Metabolic Solutions, have developed a breath [MORE]

A Catch-22 for Cancer Survivors

Surviving cancer can have adverse effects-e.g. cardiovascular complications, obesity, diabetes, osteopenia and osteoporosis, et al. For those reasons, cancer [MORE]

The Burden of Food Allergy

Peanuts, shrimp, eggs, and milk have long been known for causing food allergies, but in a recent study of [MORE]

Diet Coach Robot

While it doesn’t have the “personal charm” of a Richard Simmons or Jillian Michaels, “Autom”-a robotic diet coach from [MORE]

Monell Chemical Senses Center

There’s more than one way to explore personalized medicine, and researchers at the Monell Center in Philadelphia are doing [MORE]

Strategies to Reduce the Healthcare Cost Curve

Howard Deichen, MBA, Executive Vice President,  MedAssets explores  the future of healthcare  and strategies  that will successfully bend the healthcare [MORE]

Beck Speaks Out on the Importance of Nutrition for Seniors

David W. Beck. President, Homeplate Food Groups and  General Manager.  MedAssets Community-Based Programs describes  “aging in place” as the new [MORE]

Restricting Salt in the Diet

If American men could cut their daily salt intake from an average of 10 grams to 7, and women, [MORE]

Using Technology to Connect Acute Care and Community Services to Reduce Costs and Improve Outcomes for Older Americans

This presentation by the Executive Vice President of MedAssets focuses on the costs of care for chronic illness in older [MORE]

90% of Americans at Risk for Heart Disease

For decades the CDC has conducted National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, and the most recent one finds that nearly [MORE]

Up-Scale: Body Monitor

Tanita, a manufacturer of several sophisticated “scales,” has a model called “the BC-1000 Body Composition Monitor” (costs $359) that measures [MORE]

Teledieting: Dr. Louis Aronne

Weill Cornell Medical College physician Dr. Louis Aronne has authored a recent book, The Skinny: On Losing Weight Without Being [MORE]

Computer Models of Nutrition

VTT, the Finish-based research collaborative, has launched a computer modeling program called “Etherpaths” that predicts the nutritional effects of food [MORE]

Using Telehealth to Create Take-Home Elderly Nutrition Therapy

The Homeplate Food Group has created a partnership with Meals on Wheels and other community organizations to provide nutrition for [MORE]