Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition News

• Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy May Be Less Risky for Long-Term Tube Placement Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy appears safer than interventional-radiologist-guided gastrostomy for patients who need long-term enteral-tube placement, new research suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, October 12, 2021
• High-Dose Omega-3s Tied to Higher Risk for Atrial Fibrillation A meta-analysis of seven randomized trials suggests a dose-dependent increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation with marine omega-3 fatty acid supplementation.
  Medscape Medical News, October 11, 2021
• Ultraprocessed Foods Comprise Most of the Calories for Youths In young people aged 2 to 19 years, the estimated total energy from consumption of ultraprocessed foods recently increased to 67%, according to a study.
  Medscape Medical News, August 11, 2021
• Camel Milk: A Centuries Old 'Superfood' as Diabetes Treatment Long a staple of nomadic diets, recent evidence suggests that camel milk may have rare antidiabetic properties.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2021
• ILC 2021 Calories May Outweigh Nutrients in Diets for Fatty Liver Calories may matter more than fat or carbohydrates in dieting to treat non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
  Medscape Medical News, June 25, 2021
• DDW 2021 Less Aerosolization With Some Nasogastric Intubation Procedures Nasogastric intubation for esophageal manometry or impedance monitoring does not generate significant aerosol particles and is associated with minimal droplet spread, according to a recent study.
  Medscape Medical News, June 02, 2021
• Son's Grief, Guilt Become Tribute Honoring COVID-19 Victims These are common questions in a world beset by a pandemic that has killed about 600,000 people in the United States alone. Survivors wonder whether small decisions they made had catastrophic consequences.
  Associated Press, June 01, 2021
• 'Precision' Nutrition? DHA Benefit Modified by AD Genetic Risk In cognitively unimpaired middle-aged adults at higher genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease, those with higher intake of DHA showed greater resistance to pathological structural changes in the brain.
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2021
• Nutritional Support May Be Lifesaving in Heart Failure Patients with high-risk chronic heart failure given individualized nutritional support in the hospital had lower mortality 30 and 180 days following discharge, a new analysis shows.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2021
• Marijuana Activists Offer #JointsforJabs to Back COVID Vaccination The 1-day handout was pegged to April 20, a day of celebration for marijuana enthusiasts.
  Medscape Medical News, April 20, 2021
• Eating More Fat May Boost Borderline Low Testosterone 'If somebody has low testosterone, particularly borderline, they could try increasing their fat intake, maybe on a Mediterranean diet, and see if that works,' the author of a meta-analysis suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, April 16, 2021
• Microbiota-Directed Therapy May Aid Growth in Malnourished Kids Dietary intervention that involves the target manipulation of microbiota components may improve the growth rate in kids with moderate acute malnutrition, which affects more than 30 million worldwide.
  Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2021
• Low-Calorie Diet Linked to Improved Chemo Response in Leukemia A low-sugar/low-carb diet and exercise regimen was associated with an improved response to chemotherapy in a pilot study in children and adolescents with leukemia.
  Medscape Medical News, April 07, 2021
• Doughnut Giveaway for COVID Vaccinations Raises Twitter Hackles Physicians wade into Twitter storm that erupted soon after Krispy Kreme said it would give doughnuts to those who had been vaccinated against COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, March 26, 2021
• Despite Skeptics, At-Home Chemo Programs Continue Growing A handful of US cancer centers believe that many cancer patients can receive their treatment at home. But is it safe?
  Medscape Medical News, February 24, 2021
• SCCM 2021 PICU: 'Feed Early, Feed Well' With Enteral Nutrition However, early parenteral nutrition, administered in the first 24 hours after admission, might cause harm, evidence indicates.
  Medscape Medical News, February 12, 2021
• Higher Dietary Fiber Tied to Lower Depression Risk in Young Women Higher fiber intake may be associated with decreased risk of depression in premenopausal women, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, January 28, 2021
• FDA Panel Overwhelmingly Backs EUA for Pfizer COVID Vaccine FDA advisers voted 17-4 to tell the agency the benefits of Pfizer's shot outweigh its risk, moving the US one step closer to the first clearance of a COVID vaccine.
  Medscape Medical News, December 10, 2020
• AHA 2020 Chili Pepper Consumption Linked to Better Midlife Survival In a meta-analysis of four geographically diverse observational studies, a higher intake of any type of chili pepper was associated with a lower rate of death from CV disease, cancer, or all causes.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2020
• AAP 2020 First Dietary Guidelines for Americans From Birth to 24 Months The US Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health & Human Services aim to release new dietary guidelines by the end of 2020.
  Medscape Medical News, November 16, 2020