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Aug 12, 10 06:35AMThis study aims to investigate the efficacy of high energy, low volume oral nutritional supplements (ONS) compared to equivalent standard ONS (control) to maximize nutrient intake, compliance, gastro intestinal tolerance and function, in participants at risk of malnutrition.Location: Dietetics Dept, Great Western Hospital Status: Recruiting» Read more
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Aug 12, 10 08:51AMThere is an epidemic rise in the number of overweight and obese children. Overweight and obesity in children tracks into adulthood and carries elevated risk of chronic diseases such as seen with the metabolic syndrome (i.e., elevated glucose, hypertension, etc.). Low levels of PA and poor nutrition seem to be tightly linked to the increase in overweight and obesity. A mi...Location: Energy Balance Lab, The University of Kansas Status: Completed» Read more
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Aug 12, 10 10:22AMSince administering fish oil Enteral Nutrition and Parenteral Nutrition formulas independently improve outcome and current opinion holds that "feeding the gut", when achievable, makes physiologic sense, but many patients will not have their energy requirements matched by Enteral Nutrition alone, combining Enteral Nutrition and Parenteral Nutrition fish oil-based formu...Location: Rabin Medical Center, Campus Beilinson Status: Not yet recruiting» Read more
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Aug 12, 10 11:09AMIntervention to investigate the efficacy of a nutritional supplement among ARV-naïve, asymptomatic HIV positive patients with a CD4 count in the range 300-550 cells/ul.Location: Comprehensive Health Centre Status: Completed» Read more
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Aug 18, 10 09:10AMWeight loss resulting from poor food intake is common in head and neck cancer patients. Currently, feeding tubes are placed before starting treatment to provide nutrition and prevent weight loss. However, studies have not always shown that feeding tubes prevent weight loss. Also, limiting food intake by mouth may lead to swallowing problems. The aim of this study is to c...Location: University of Alberta Hospital (Otolaryngology) Status: Not yet recruiting» Read more
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Aug 23, 10 09:38PMAim Allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) combined with several cycles of intensive chemotherapy is the only curative treatment for several malignant blood diseases. Most allo-SCT patients who are treated with intensive chemotherapy often have reduced nutritional status. Several studies have evaluated the effect of different nutrition intervention for al...Location: Oslo University hospital Status: Recruiting» Read more
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Apr 29, 11 08:01AMThe purpose of this study is to test two different interventions of nutrition follow up after discharge from geriatric ward in undernourished geriatric patients. The patients are randomized to a home visit arm, a telephone consultation arm, or a control arm. Patients in the home visit arm and their home care helper will get visits from a clinical dietician at one week, ...Location: Geriatric department Status: Not yet recruiting» Read more
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Jul 19, 11 06:10AMThe purpose of this study is to determine whether nutritional status or body composition influences the prognosis of heart failure patients.Location: Germans Trias Research Institute; Germans Trias... Status: Recruiting» Read more
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Jul 28, 11 12:00PMThe purpose of this study is to determine whether protein-energy nutritional supplementation improves geriatric function and inflammatory markers in community-dwelling frail older adults of low socioeconomic status.Location: Gangbuk-gu Community Health Center Status: Not yet recruiting» Read more
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Aug 11, 11 10:00AMIntroduction. The cardiovascular diseases, at the origin of 4 deaths out of 10, remain the leading cause of mortality in Europe. According to WHO, this tendency will spread in 2020 on a worldwide scale. These pathologies are avoidable on the whole by the adoption of healthy lifestyles. To prevent occurred of the cardiovascular affections is, more than ever, a major goal ...Location: Centre médecine Preventive Status: Recruiting» Read more
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