Case Studies

My Long Covid Recovery: Perspectives from a Nutritionist and Physical Therapist

Written by Jessica Drummond on Case Studies

My Long Covid Recovery: Perspectives from a Nutritionist and Physical Therapist As an introduction to this article, I would like to share a few details about how I decided to write this post about long-covid recovery: Normally when sharing something like this with my colleagues of clinical relevance, I would cite as much literature as possible to explain my decision-making process. While I may add this later, I decided to…

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An Interesting Pilot Study on Diet and Exercise to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk

Written by Jessica Drummond on Anti-Cancer

It is well known that eating healthfully and exercising can help to reduce breast cancer risk.  But, there are still many questions about what specific influences diet and exercise can have on cancer risk factors.  Researchers performed a pilot diet and exercise intervention to look at lifestyle factors on breast cancer risk markers in seven obese postmenopausal women (Carpenter, et al., 2012.)  Each woman was prescribed a calorie restricted diet.…

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