Beyond Cholesterol: Why Watch the Fat in Your Diet?
"Triglycerides aren't really bad guys. But they do keep bad company," says Dr. Scott Grundy, director of the Center for Human Nutrition.
Center for Human Nutrition moves into new quarters
More space and more labs mean more possibilities for research in the Center for Human Nutrition. In March, the CHN moved into new quarters in the recently completed Cecil H. and Ida Green Biomedical Research Building.
Grundy heads Clinical Nutrition
The Center for Human Nutrition is Dr. Scott Grundy, director of the Center for Human Nutrition, has been named chairman of the Department of Clinical Nutrition in UTHSCD's School of Allied Health Sciences.
Reducing Cholesterol the International Way
Watching your cholesterol? If so, a plate of spaghetti with olive oil and clam sauce may sound as forbidden as an eight-ounce rib-eye steak.
Fish oils versus coronary heart disease
You've probably heard about fish oil in the last six months. You'll hear a lot more in the future. There is evidence that the small amounts of fish oil you get from eating fish can significantly reduce the risk of heart attack.
Cholesterol kids treated at UTHSCD
The General Clinical Research Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas -- a federally funded "mini-hospital" where pioneering studies in human research are the norm -- is usually a quite place. However, for a couple of months in late summer its sober halls range with the clatter of little feet and thousands of children's laughter.
Clinical Nutrition Scholars Program Established
The Center for Human Nutrition has been awarded grants totaling $750,000 to establish the Clinical Nutrition Research Scholars program.
Distinguished Lecturer: Louis Tobian, M.D.
Dr. Louis Tobian, professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine, gave the first in a series of public
lectures by distinguished nutritionists on January 9. His subject was "Dietary Strategies for blood Pressure Control."
