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Lack of exercise and poor nutrition could increase the risk of diseases like dementia
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Lack of exercise and poor nutrition could increase the risk of diseases like dementia

by Sandrine Thuret,  King’s College London Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has found that both diet and exercise can influence the risk of cognitive decline (CD) and dementia by potentially influencing hippocampal neurogenesis (the process by which the brain produces new brain cells) long...

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The Importance of Addressing Poor Nutrition in Patients with Liver Failure

Poor nutrition is common in patients with liver failure, or cirrhosis, and it can lead to muscle wasting, weakness, fatigue, and worse outcomes before and after patients undergo liver transplantation. A new review published in Liver Transplantation addresses aspects of nutrition in transplant candidates with cirrhosis and emphasizes the need to screen all patients to identify those...