Post by misty on Jan 7, 2007 0:44:01 GMT -5
cynthiatweedle
www.dyslexic.org.uk/n_news.htm
Also Alex Richardson is now conducting a controlled treatment trial of adding fish oil supplements to the diet of adult dyslexics. This should enable us to identify the individuals who might benefit most from the supplements and hopefully explain the great improvements, particularly in attention and concentration, that they often demonstrate. The trial is 'double-blind' and 'placebo controlled', which means that neither the researchers, nor the subjects, know who is getting the placebo and who is getting the fish oil. Indeed, that won’t be disclosed until after the analysis has been done, to rule out the possibility of introducing bias when the results are looked at.
From elsewhere-----
Research detail:
MEMBRANE FATTY ACIDS, READING AND SPELLING IN DYSLEXIC AND NON-DYSLEXIC ADULTS. J.G.Bell,1 M.A.Ross,2 E.Cyhlarova,2 A.Shrier2 J.Dick, J.Henderson, L.MacKinlay and A.J.Richardson.2
1Institute of Aquaculture, Stirling University, 2University Lab. of Physiology, Oxford
Here is a related paper on the same topic:
Dyslexia in adults is associated with clinical signs of fatty acid deficiency (2001)
www.bdainternationalconference.org/2001/presentations/fri_p2_a_20.htm
www.dyslexic.org.uk/n_news.htm
Also Alex Richardson is now conducting a controlled treatment trial of adding fish oil supplements to the diet of adult dyslexics. This should enable us to identify the individuals who might benefit most from the supplements and hopefully explain the great improvements, particularly in attention and concentration, that they often demonstrate. The trial is 'double-blind' and 'placebo controlled', which means that neither the researchers, nor the subjects, know who is getting the placebo and who is getting the fish oil. Indeed, that won’t be disclosed until after the analysis has been done, to rule out the possibility of introducing bias when the results are looked at.
From elsewhere-----
Research detail:
MEMBRANE FATTY ACIDS, READING AND SPELLING IN DYSLEXIC AND NON-DYSLEXIC ADULTS. J.G.Bell,1 M.A.Ross,2 E.Cyhlarova,2 A.Shrier2 J.Dick, J.Henderson, L.MacKinlay and A.J.Richardson.2
1Institute of Aquaculture, Stirling University, 2University Lab. of Physiology, Oxford
Here is a related paper on the same topic:
Dyslexia in adults is associated with clinical signs of fatty acid deficiency (2001)
www.bdainternationalconference.org/2001/presentations/fri_p2_a_20.htm
