Patients with first-episode psychosis in northern Taiwan: neurocognitive performance and niacin response profile in comparison with schizophrenia patients of different familial loadings and relationship with clinical features
Examining patients with first-episode psychosis (FEP) provides opportunities to better understand the mechanism underlying these illnesses. By incorporating quantitative measures in FEP patients, we aimed to (... (Source: BMC Psychiatry)
Source: BMC Psychiatry - February 22, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Shun-Chun Yu, Tzung –Jeng Hwang, Chih-Min Liu, Hung-Yu Chan, Chian-Jue Kuo, Tsung-Tsair Yang, Jen-Pang Wang, Chen-Chung Liu, Ming H. Hsieh, Yi-Ting Lin, Yi-Ling Chien, Po-Hsiu Kuo, Ya-Wen Shih, Sung-Liang Yu, Hsuan-Yu Chen and Wei J. Chen Tags: Research Source Type: research
Niacin supplements linked to greater risk of heart attacks and strokes
People with higher levels of niacin in their blood may be more at risk of a heart attack or stroke, possibly because too much of the vitamin inflames blood vessels (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - February 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Long-term follow-up of an attenuated presentation of NAXE-related disease, a potentially actionable neurometabolic disease: a case report
ConclusionA missense homozygous variant in the NAXE gene is described in this patient with a milder clinical phenotype of the disease. Supplementation with niacin in addition to a mitochondrial cocktail presents a potential supportive therapeutic option to reduce disease progression. (Source: Frontiers in Neurology)
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - February 14, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Relationship between dietary niacin intake and erectile dysfunction: a population-based study
This study suggests an inverse association between dietary niacin intake and the risk of ED. However, establishing a cause-and-effect relationship remains elusive, and defining the safe threshold of niacin intake to prevent ED requires further investigation.PMID:38305697 | DOI:10.4103/aja202378 (Source: Asian Journal of Andrology)
Source: Asian Journal of Andrology - February 2, 2024 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Wei-Long Lin Cheng Zheng Hao-Xu Wang Wei Zhang Ming-En Lin Source Type: research
Development of a diet quality score and adherence to the Swiss dietary recommendations for vegans
CONCLUSION: The newly developed DQS-V provides a single score for estimating diet quality among vegan adults. Further validation studies examining the DQS-V in relation to an independent dietary assessment method and to biomarkers of nutritional intake and status are still needed before the general application of the DQS-V.PMID:38291526 | PMC:PMC10829326 | DOI:10.1186/s41043-024-00498-3 (Source: Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition)
Source: Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition - January 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Natalie S Bez Joyce Haddad Giulia S Tedde Karolin Rose Aljoscha V Ivanov Marina Milazzo Jo ëlle Wickart Giulia Casale Michele D'Ascanio Klazine Van der Horst Isabelle Herter-Aeberli Leonie H Bogl Source Type: research
