Columbia researchers found that iron-deficient mice with influenza were unable to produce a key immune protein in the lungs that helps fight infections, even when iron levels returned to normal. 

New research shows that three-quarters of the world are not getting enough omega-3. A new study finds that 76 per cent of people worldwide are not meeting recommended intakes of EPA and DHA, revealing a significant global public health gap.

The research is the first global review of national and international omega-3 intake recommendations across all life stages for generally healthy people.

In a new paper published in Clinical Nutrition, “Sarcopenic Diabetes Is an Under-Recognized and Unmet Clinical Priority,” nutrition and diabetes experts are calling attention to a little-known but serious complication of diabetes, the progressive loss of muscle mass and strength, a condition known as sarcopenic diabetes. Moreover, authors warn that the new class of weight loss drugs, like semaglutide, complicates this condition as weight loss with these drugs is caused, in part, by a decrease in muscle mass.