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Opioid use/abuse is an increasing problem. In a mail survey sent to a random community sample, 4.1% of respondents admitted to taking opioids at that time.
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This large, prospective, cohort trial followed women for 10 years using validated food questionnaires to assess if the consumption of walnuts, other tree nuts, and peanuts was associated with the incidence of the development of type 2 diabetes.
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Grapefruit is a popular fruit worldwide because it is tasty, nutritious, and increasingly viewed as healthy. The original grapefruit was white and very seedy, but varieties have been selected to give seedless and more red cultivars.1
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In patients with hepatitis C, having already been treated (unsuccessfully) with interferon, three times daily silymarin in two doses (both supratherapeutic) did not change serum ALT after 24 weeks.
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Ninety-six women with breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy during a 5- to 6-week interval were randomized to either a qigong group or a wait-list control group. The results indicate that the women in the qigong group had clinically significantly less depressive symptoms and better quality of life than the control group.
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In stroke patients, both acute and during recovery, use a bedside dysphagia screening tool to identify patients at risk for aspiration pneumonia and to guide dietary orders.
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Osteoporosis is a common disease that causes significant morbidity and mortality. Its prevalence and costs to society are huge and its incidence is rising as the population ages. Osteoporosis affects people of all races and socioeconomic groups, and the prevalence in men is not far behind that of women, yet it remains underdiagnosed and undertreated.