Pressure ulcers are a common problem in all healthcare sectors, affecting quality of life and increasing healthcare costs. Providing sufficient amounts of protein and energy is a logical way to reduce the risk of developing pressure ulcers and improve the healing of ulcers. In addition, specific nutrients can help to strengthen tissue resistance, preserve tissue and promote tissue repair.
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Specific nutrition as an integrated part of pressure ulcer care
Saturday, October 10th, 2009Targeting immunity: an illustration of HIV disease
Saturday, October 10th, 2009Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) results in progressive destruction of the immune system, ultimately resulting in opportunistic infections and AIDS. HIV-infection, affecting 40 million people worldwide, poses a big burden on current healthcare.
Immunopharmacology of non-digestible carbohydrates, a breakthrough for clinical nutrition?
Saturday, October 10th, 2009Early in human history, nutrition and pharmacology were closely linked as people derived their medicines directly from natural foods. In recent times these two fields have evolved separately, but today, food and pharma are once again becoming interrelated. Reliable research is needed if nutrition is used as a component of disease management. A translational research approach is recommended including risk-benefit analyses, a safety record and well-designed studies that start at the molecular level and proceed, via in vitro and in vivo experiments, to clinical trials.