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Especially after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), infections are a major factor in morbidity and mortality. Neutropenic diets have long been advised to prevent these infections despite the scant evidence. The results of a recent research evaluating this notion show no discernible difference between a nonrestrictive diet and infection rates, feeding outcomes, and the incidence of acute graft-versus-host disease.

The combined analysis showed that therapist-led CBT, lisdexamfetamine, SGAs, and topiramate reduced binge eating and related obsessions and compulsions. Lisdexamfetamine and topiramate reduced weight. SGAs reduced symptoms of depression.

The master cell growth regulator mTORC1 is known to be hyperactive in colon cancer. This study shows that in mice, a low protein diet blocked mTORC1’s nutrient signaling pathway, stopping the cancer from growing and leading to increased cancer cell death.

Prior research showed that higher flavonol consumption was associated with lower Alzheimer’s risk. This longitudinal study demonstrated that increased flavonol consumption yielded slower declines in global cognition and in episodic, semantic, and working memory, independent of other health and lifestyle factors.

For moms with highest levels of morning caffeine intake, at age 7-8 their children were about ½ to 1 inch shorter compared with mothers with no or lower caffeine intake.

The extra calories and lower physical activity of modern culture are yielding higher rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and other illnesses. Evidence is mounting that intermittent fasting may help reverse these trends. This neuroscientist brings 25 of studying intermittent fasting to explain why and how it works, and what your patients’ options are.