Vitamin Squad

A unique collection of St. John’s wort (Hypericum) curated by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Ames, Iowa, is providing university collaborators with genetically diverse, well-documented sources of this herb to use in studies examining its medicinal potential. In collaboration with Mark Widrlechner, a horticulturist with the ARS crop genebank at the North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station in Ames, scientists from the Center for Research on Botanical Dietary Supplements (CRBDS) are screening 180 germplasm accessions of St… (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Popular herbal supplements can interact adversely with other drugs, but does it happen that often? Urologic Nursing (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)

This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the use of CAM by patients.
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30/03/10 The Cochrane Library Issue 2, 2010. (Source: NLH Specialist Library for ENT and Audiology Latest News)

Vitamin D supplementation may reduce the risk for seasonal influenza A infection and asthma attacks in children, study results suggest. (Source: MedWire News – Respiratory)

(NaturalNews) The utter worthlessness of Big Pharma’s cholesterol drugs was demonstrated recently by a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine which showed that niacin (a low-cost B vitamin) out-performs Merck’s drug Zetia for preventing the build-up of arterial plaque, a symptom of cardiovascular disease.As the study reveals, Zetia failed miserably. Patients taking niacin showed a “significant shrinkage” in artery wall thickness, while those on Zetia showed no such improvement. At the same time, the rate of “cardiovascular events” in the niacin group was only one-fifth that in …

Source: Cochrane Library
Area: Evidence > Drug Specific Reviews
Abstract:
 
Background People with cystic fibrosis and pancreatic insufficiency are at risk of fat soluble vitamin deficiency as these vitamins (A, D, E and K) are co-absorbed with fat. Thus, some cystic fibrosis centres routinely administer these vitamins as supplements but the centres vary in their approach of addressing the possible development of deficiencies in these vitamins. Vitamin A deficiency causes predominantly eye and skin problems while supplementation of vitamin A to excessive levels may cause harm to the respiratory …

Conclusions  Our findings provide evidence that antioxidant and DNA methylation-related nutrients may lower the risk of distal colorectal
cancer in whites, and selenium may lower risk in African Americans. Optimal micronutrient intakes from food alone may be more
beneficial than supplementation.
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original paperDOI 10.1007/s10552-010-9544-3Authors
Christina Dawn Williams, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health McGavran-Greenberg Hall Chapel Hill NC 27599 USAJessie A. Satia, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health McGavran-Greenberg …

Health experts urge getting nutrients from diet rather than pills, whenever possible
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