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Healio Minute Monday, March 24, 2014 Edition: New standards improve student nutrition, FDA approves apremilast, food allergies limit diet variety
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New school meal standards increase fruit, vegetable consumption
Healio.com/Endocrinology One researcher cites a push from some organizations and lawmakers to weaken the new standards but hopes the findings will discourage those efforts. Read more.
FDA approves apremilast to treat adults with psoriatic arthritis
Healio.com/Rheumatology Agency also warns that patients who are treated with apremilast should have their weight monitored by a health care professional. Read more.
Food allergies inhibit dietary variety among adolescents
Healio.com/Allergy Teenagers with and without food allergies named sensory characteristics of foods as the main reason for choosing them and those with food allergies tended to devalue their allergy and often chose to make food choices despite a known allergy. Read more.
‘Smaller, smarter’ cancer trials will yield more meaningful results
Healio.com/Hematology-Oncology Benefits associated with “raising the bar” include the ability to design smaller and smarter clinical trials that can be conducted faster than larger trials, which often aim for smaller benefits for patients. Read more.
Emotional stress response linked to coronary dysfunction in women
Healio.com/Cardiology During anger recall, sympathetic nerve activity increased and parasympathetic nerve activity decreased among patients with coronary dysfunction compared with controls. Read more.