Publications by authors named "L M Davey"
Background/objectives: Caregivers play an important role in supporting care recipients to navigate their health needs, including adherence to dietary recommendations, which are complex and multifaceted. This study aims to (i) describe the nutrition knowledge of caregivers of people with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and (ii) explore caregivers' perceptions of their role in providing healthy meals and nutrition support for care recipients.
Methods: A cross-sectional study design employed a multi-strategy research approach.
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- The study analyzes the genus of mucophilic bacteria in the human gastrointestinal microbiota, finding that larger genomes may impact metabolic and immunological health.
- Through pangenomic analysis of 234 genomes and reanalysis of metagenomic datasets, the research identifies relationships between specific bacterial species and disease outcomes.
- Key findings highlight the need to differentiate subspecies and their varying correlations with conditions like obesity, inflammatory bowel disease, and cancer treatment outcomes, emphasizing their potential as probiotics.
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- - Lymphomas related to breast implants are uncommon, primarily involving anaplastic large-cell lymphomas of T-cell origin, with rare cases of B-cell lymphomas.
- - The report focuses on a 72-year-old woman who experienced pain and worries about her implants, leading to imaging that revealed lymphoma.
- - She was treated through the removal of her implants, the surrounding tissue, and received additional chemotherapy.
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- Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) develop in genetically vulnerable individuals due to inappropriate immune responses to gut bacteria, causing chronic intestinal inflammation.
- The study investigates the role of the transcription factor HNF4A in mice, finding that its deletion in intestinal cells leads to early signs of colonic inflammation starting at 4-5 weeks of age.
- Results show that microbiota significantly influence disease progression, with specific changes in gut bacterial composition linked to inflammation, indicating HNF4A's role in shaping microbiota and preventing inflammation throughout life.