Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Ten weeks of a therapeutic horse riding group intervention significantly increased social interaction skills with horses which crossed over to positive changes in participants’ interactions with their family pets.
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Compared to the placebo group, consumption of sunflower CGA extract (500 mg/day) for 12 weeks significantly reduced BMI, waist circumference and body weight in the intervention group of thirty participating obese subjects.
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Eight weeks of daily supplementation with different oils found that coconut oil had a greater effect on glycemic control, weight loss, percent body fat, and reduction in waist circumference.
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Researchers, using chaos theory to analyze the biological changes in the brain that drive fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, found that teenagers who were exposed to alcohol while in the womb showed altered neural networks (brain connections) that were consistent with impaired cognitive performance.
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Twenty sessions of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of the twenty-four participating autistic children significantly improved autistic symptoms, with a lasting effect of six months.
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Compared to the control, spirulina significantly improved insulin sensitivity, lipid profile, and total antioxidant status in obese patients with well-treated hypertension.
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. This study found that school-age children, who have been prenatally exposed to alcohol, performed significantly lower than typically developing peers particularly in math, reading and spelling.
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Folic acid supplementation significantly improved autism symptoms involving sociability, cognitive verbal/preverbal, receptive language, and affective expression and communication in children with autism.
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Plasma levels of carotenoids lutein, zeaxanthin, β-cryptoxanthin, and β-carotene and y-tocopherol are significantly associated with measures of cognitive and physical fitness in the participating fifty-six individuals with mild cognitive impairment.
Written by Halima Phelps, Staff Writer. This study showed that an inositol combination given in early pregnancy did not reduce the incidence of GDM in women with a family history of diabetes.
