Assignment task: Choose 2 diseases presented this week and ONE therapy for EACH investigated (e.g. for a disease: arthritis--omega-3 fats). Format the questions below for each disease and therapy. They must be diseases and therapies that YOU did not investigate in your own lecture. Be specific and concise. For each disease and therapy, discuss briefly:
(1)
(a) the mechanism of the disease that the therapy claims to target;
(b) a summary of the level of efficacy that you think was demonstrated for the treatment based on a critical review of the studies presented;
(c) any relevant supplement concerns for that therapy based on week 3 material whether they were addressed or not addressed by the presenter such as safety, dose, and supplement quality issues
(2) Not reiterating responses in #1, what was the most useful or interesting concept you learned this week about your investigation of diseases or therapies?