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Omega-3 Fatty Acids (Omega-3) are long poly unsaturated fatty acids that can be found in plants and fish, its refer to a group composed of three type of fatty acids called: Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), Alpha-linoleic acid (ALA), and Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) . The health promoting effect of n-3FA
The term "mucositis" was introduced to describe inflammation of the oral mucosa induced by radiotherapy, chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation. At present, oral mucositis is considered to be the most serious non-hematological complication of cancer treatment.
Numerous predisposing factors
Bipolar Disorder is a chronic disabling psychiatric disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of mania or hypomania and depression. Bipolar Disorder can be separated into bipolar I and bipolar II disorders with bipolar I disorder characterizing individuals who have episodes of mania and
The CALM Study is a prospective study to determine the effects of adjuvant chemotherapy on cardiolipin profiles in relationship to cardiac and skeletal muscle function in breast cancer patients before and after 1 cycle of anthracycline therapy. Patients will undergo blood sampling and imaging of the
The study consists of a diet-intervention in a single group under-free-living conditions. The diet was enriched with 15g of almonds and 15g of walnuts per day for eight weeks, supplied directly to the patient by the researcher. This amounts of walnuts and almonds contain polyunsaturated fatty acids
Relevance and strategic approach Prostate Cancer (PCa) is the most common cancer in men and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in western countries. Known risk factors are advanced age, ethnic origins and positive family history of the disease (1). There are considerable ethnic disparities in
CIPN is a common side effect of many chemotherapeutic agents and often results in dose limitation, switch to less efficacious agents or even therapy discontinuation. CIPN mainly affects sensory nerves, while motor or autonomic nerve injury is rare. Therefore, most patients with CIPN experience
Sixty young adult obese and non obese women, with, and without asthma, were studied using a cross-sectional design. Body composition was measured by plethysmography. A fasted blood sample was taken to measure: specific and total immunoglobulin (IgE) antibodies,biochemical markers of atopy; glucose
Rationale: Fish oil (FO), rich in omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, exerts a range of anti-inflammatory actions that render it a potential therapeutic agent to treat Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory disease that primarily affects the bowel. Recent evidence suggests that a lack of effect in
Psoriasis is one of the most common chronic inflammatory skin disorders, affecting about 2% of the general population. It is considered to be a T-cell-mediated inflammatory skin disease which is characterized by hyper-proliferation and poor differentiation of epidermal keratinocytes. Even if the
An emerging concept in clinical nutrition is that dietary interventions may improve the course of systemic inflammatory disorders like rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis. Most of this effect depends on the ability of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) to modulate immune and inflammatory responses.
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and the second most frequent cause of cancer related mortality in the United States. Animal and human studies have suggested that the marine-derived n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), eicosapentanoic acid