Sentences with phrase «recent randomized study»

A recent randomized study by Duke University researchers in 2010 involving 144 overweight, unmedicated patients showed that the diet alone could reduce systolic blood pressure (the top blood pressure number) by 11 points and diastolic blood pressure by 7 points.

In a recent randomized study, 30 patients with IBS received a typical diet or low FODMAP diet for three weeks then the opposite diet for three weeks.

And in the recent randomized study — which was designed to assess the safety and tolerability of various doses in volunteers from Canada, Germany, and the UK — IONIS - HTTRx appeared to substantially block the gene's pernicious message from getting through.

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Another more recent study assessed the efficiency of collagen peptides in a randomized, double blind, controlled multicenter trial, in which 250 subjects with primary osteoarthritis of the knee were given 10g of collagen peptides daily.

The most recent findings of the Belarus study (an excellent, large scale, randomized, first world study) were recently published and show that 11 year - olds have a 17 % GREATER chance of being obese or overweight if they were in the breastfeeding group than in the control group.

He points to research by a Stanford University researcher, Allan K. Mishra, who has studied PRP for years, whose in his most recent published research includes a large multicenter study [8] involving a host of well - respected orthopedic surgeons around the country who followed 230 patients in a double - blind randomized control study [the gold standard for medical research].

As with neurobehavior, effects on breastfeeding are poorly studied, and more recent randomized controlled trials comparing exposure to epidural and opiate drugs are especially misleading because opiates have a well - recognized negative effect on early breastfeeding behavior and success.103 — 107

Studies of the Nurse Family Partnership model followed children to 6 years and found significant program effects on language and cognitive functioning as well as fewer behaviour problems in a randomized controlled trial study.24 In addition, more recent evaluations of Healthy Families America have shown small, but favourable effects on young children's development.25, 26

In addition, there was no effect on breastfeeding duration when the pacifier was introduced at 1 month of age.280 A more recent systematic review found that the highest level of evidence (ie, from clinical trials) does not support an adverse relationship between pacifier use and breastfeeding duration or exclusivity.281 The association between shortened duration of breastfeeding and pacifier use in observational studies likely reflects a number of complex factors such as breastfeeding difficulties or intent to wean.281 A large multicenter, randomized controlled trial of 1021 mothers who were highly motivated to breastfeed were assigned to 2 groups: mothers advised to offer a pacifier after 15 days and mothers advised not to offer a pacifier.

The researchers note that a recent systematic analysis of randomized studies found that donor milk as a supplement to mother's milk did however reduce the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis, a severe gastrointestinal emergency.

These findings are generally consistent with those from recent systematic reviews, some of which also included trials of statins for secondary prevention.47,51 - 53 Similar to other meta - analyses of primary and secondary prevention trials, 54,55 this review found no association between use of statins and increased risk of muscle - related harms, although some observational studies and randomized rechallenge trials found statins associated with increased risk of myopathy or joint - related symptoms.56 - 58 The large HOPE - 3 trial found statins associated with increased risk of cataract surgery, an unanticipated finding.14 No other trial of statins for primary prevention evaluated risk of cataracts or cataract surgery.

Various types of meditation have been shown to improve well - being among different populations such as physicians and the general public.14, 15, 16 Preliminary evidence suggests that meditation - based interventions may slow cellular aging rates by increasing telomerase activity, but many such studies lacked an active control group.17, 18 Recent randomized trials in breast cancer suggest that long - term intensive meditation interventions might have positive effects on telomerase activity.

The Journal of Nutrition published a recent study that used a randomized controlled trial to assess whether drinking hibiscus tea could reduce blood pressure in mildly hypertensive or pre-hypertensive adults.

A recent National Institutes of Health randomized, controlled study of 570 people with osteoarthritis of the knee, showed that real acupuncture, as opposed to sham acupuncture and pain drugs used as a control, provided pain relief and improved function by 40 %.

In the most recent study published in Gynecological Endocrinology, a randomized double - blind clinical trial involving 94 women with PCOS compared NAC 600 mg, three times a day with 500 mg oral metformin, three times a day for 24 weeks.

A recent randomized, double blinded, controlled feeding crossover study by Kevin C Maki and colleagues published in the Journal of Nutrition evaluated the effects of the substitution of refined starches and added sugars with a combination of egg protein (EPRO) and unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) on insulin sensitivity, triglyceride levels, and other cardiometabolic health markers.

In a recent trial for ulcerative colitis, a multicenter, randomized, placebo - controlled, double - blind study found that more than 50 percent of patients achieved remission within just one month on curcumin compared to none of the patients who received the placebo.

Recent randomized controlled studies back up the point that diet drinks may sabotage weight loss efforts despite the large decrease in consumed sugars.

Consider, for example, the recent skepticism directed toward Tennessee's Project STAR study, a randomized field trial on class size that failed to collect baseline test - score data.

Recent studies of whole - school - reform programs and school management have included only two randomized experiments, both on James Comer's School Development Program, which means that the effects of Catholic schools, Henry Levin's Accelerated Schools program, or Total Quality Management have never been investigated using experimental techniques.

The most recent findings from the study as reported a few weeks ago are based on the full original sample of children as randomized to treatment and control conditions at the outset of the study rather than the previously studied subsample of children whose parents gave permission for follow - up testing by the evaluation team.

And it's not just us seeing these patterns: Our results square with the most recent large, randomized, controlled studies on the issue by the American Institutes of Research.

In recent years, several studies using randomized admission lotteries have found large and persistent impacts on student achievement, even for middle school and high school students.

However, recent studies using randomized admission lotteries at charter schools and the random assignment of teachers has suggested that simple, low - cost methods, when they control for students» prior achievement and characteristics, can yield estimates of teacher and school effects that are similar to what one observes with a randomized field trial.

Summary of teacher and student outcomes based on a range of studies from the past 34 years (including two recent randomized controlled studies).

A recent review of 50 randomized controlled human trials or studies reporting use of nutritional supplements with chemotherapy / radiation showed that the patients that took antioxidants and other nutrients had an increased survival rate compared to those that did not.

A recent review offers ambiguous support for the relation between home visitation and reductions in child maltreatment.2 The findings from several large - scale home - visitation efforts have shown disappointing short - term results in reducing family violence and child maltreatment.4, 9 A 15 - year follow - up study of the Elmira trial families, however, provided the first evidence from a randomized trial for the long - term effects of home visitation on reducing child maltreatment.10 Results from the follow - up showed that nurse - visited families had half as many child maltreatment reports as families in the comparison group.

Few studies have specifically addressed this issue.14, 15 A large scale randomized control trial (RCT) comparing CBT, counselling and psychoanalytic therapy with routine care found that, while all active treatments were moderately effective in treating depression and brought about short term benefits in the quality of the mother - infant relationship, there was limited evidence of benefit to infant outcome; and effects (including those on maternal mood) were not apparent at follow - up.16, 17 Similarly, a recent RCT found that, although interpersonal psychotherapy was effective in treating maternal depression, there was no benefit in terms of observed mother - infant interactions, infant negative emotionality, and infant attachment security.18

She has been Primary Investigator or methodologist of 2 randomized controlled trials testing the efficacy of EFT for co-occurring depression and relationship discord, and of a recent NIMH funded study aimed to personalize treatment for depression.