AIMS OF STUDY The aim of this study is to investigate whether ingestion of curcumin will prevent hepatic insulin resistance (assessed by homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR)) induced by short-term oral glucocorticoid (prednisolone) administration in overweight and obese
Limiting the progression from CKD to end-stage renal disease is one of the most important goals in kidney medicine. The evidence implicating inflammation and fibrosis in that process is strong, and there is abundant mechanistic and animal model data to show that curcumin is a potent inhibitor of
Studies in animal models of colitis and in humans with IBD demonstrated that the components of Coltect have anti-inflammatory effects:
Hanai H. et al demonstrated that curcumin was safe and effective in maintaining remission in patients with quiescent UC. (7)
B.Salh et al showed that curcumin, was
Children older than 5 years of age diagnosed with cancer and treated at the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology unit, Hadassah Medical Center will be eligible to the study. The study is designed as a cross-over study, wherein each patient serves as his or her own control, thus all included children should
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