Journal Articles

Recent research has uncovered a dietary pattern associated with reduced risk of Alzheimer disease.  The traditional approach to studying the association of foods with illnesses is to take one or two foods or nutrients, and determine whether they are individually associated with the condition.  The same group at Columbia University in New York that...
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Previous research has suggested that eating a diet containing curcumin, an active ingredient in turmeric, may prevent memory loss in older populations. Now, there is growing interest in the possible anti-depressant effects of curcumin. In a recent review by a group of authors from India, several plausible mechanisms are presented for how curcumin may...
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A report was recently published in one of the most prestigious scientific journals that a virus called “xenotropic murine leukemia virus related virus” was recently found to infect 67% of white blood cells of chronic fatigue syndrome patients, but only ~4% of normal individuals (Lombardi et al., Science, Oct. 2009). This finding was covered...
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