SOS Rx: National medication safety group organized
...ption drugs, over-the-counter medications, dietary supplements and herbals, as well as food -- could dangerously interact with their prescribed medication. Healthcare System Advocacy: SOS Rx is currently exploring the most effective ways to promote system-wide changes, including: The creation of a clearing...Zinc supplements could help treat ADHD
...lished in BMC Psychiatry this week shows that zinc supplements could increase the effectiveness of stimulants use...iciencies correlate with ADHD suggest that dietary supplements could also play a role in disease management. Researchers from Iran carried out a controlled trial t...Vitamin C reduces level of C-reactive protein, finds UC Berkeley-led study
Berkeley - Vitamin C supplements can reduce levels of C-reactive protein, a marker ...cipants who took about 500 milligrams of vitamin C supplements per day saw a 24 percent drop in plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) levels after two months. The study,...WHI study finds no heart disease benefit, increased stroke risk with estrogen alone
...rapy, diet modification, and calcium and vitamin D supplements on heart disease, fractures, breast and colorectal cancer, as well as an observational study, which is looking for predictors and biological markers for disease. The diet modification trial involves nearly 49,000 women, the calcium/vitamin D trial a...Policy highlights from Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition
...luating the Safety of Dietary Supplements Dietary supplements are widely available in pharmacies and other retai.... Currently, because of a 1994 regulation, dietary supplements are regulated like foods rather than drugs, which means that they are considered to be safe unless p...Green and black tea polyphenols consumption results in slower prostate cancer cell growth
... black and green tea are promising natural dietary supplements useful for chemoprevention of prostate cancer, according to Dr. Henning. She plans to investigate if this effect can be enhanced by consuming larger amounts of tea polyphenols in the form of green tea extract supplement capsules. Dr. Henning's co-aut...Supplement use growing among children and adolescents
...n's Hospital. "Parents give their children dietary supplements for health maintenance, treatment of acute and chr...re unaware of the potential side effects of common supplements and do not discuss their use with their child's pediatrician. "We surveyed 145 families and 45 perc...The preference for sweetened foods may decline after exercise
...could be a starting point for developing foods and supplements that meet the post-exercise taste and nutritional needs of the competitive female and male athlete. A New Study To test the hypothesis, a team of Japanese researchers has attempted to determine responses to sweetened fluids after exercise in male ...Rare Chinese mushroom derivative can improve capacity, endurance, in sedentary elderly
...ts have since joined with manufacturers to produce supplements using fermentation from this rare mushroom. One s...ering effects of CordyMax. Conclusion Numerous supplements are introduced to consumers offering only anecdotal evidence that these products are effective and s...Creatine is safe, but not effective, in pediatric neuromuscular disease
...reatine stores energy within muscles, and creatine supplements are a mainstay of high-performance athletes and others trying to improve muscle output. "Patients with neuromuscular disorders have been found to have reduced concentrations of phosphocreatine, which is a marker for total creatine," according to stud...OHSU study: Rate of brain volume loss predicts dementia
... dementia include prescription drugs like Aricept, supplements like vitamin E and ginkgo biloba, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents and cholesterol-lowering 'statin' drugs," Quinn said. "However, we do not routinely recommend that people take these agents for prevention until we know more facts, since some o...Veterans have increased risk of ALS
...amin E. Men and women who regularly used vitamin E supplements were less likely to develop ALS than non-users of these supplements. These results will also be presented at the AAN meeting....SLU research in New England Journal of Medicine shows new drug helps with chronic kidney disease
...condition by giving patients calcium and vitamin D supplements to strengthen the bones. The new drug works by fooling the parathyroid glands into thinking the levels of calcium in the bloodstream are higher than they actually are, so the glands stop producing extra parathyroid hormone. During the 26-week trial, ...Study: Many men take dietary supplements to prevent prostate cancer
A significant percentage of men take dietary supplements such as vitamins, minerals and herbs to prevent pr...gh the preventative effectiveness of many of these supplements is not established, they are widely perceived by the public to lower the risk of developing prostate...Research in monkeys suggests estrogen therapy may lower androgens in postmenopausal women
...ing estrogen after menopause to also take androgen supplements which can include testosterone," said Charles E. .... They also showed that the monkeys given estrogen supplements had markedly lower levels of androgens. "It appears that estrogen therapy can suppress adrenal andro...Novel vitamin discovery offers clues for cancer chemotherapy and lipid disorders
...so in theory, the cells should die; no vitamins or supplements were known to keep the cells alive. However, the researchers discovered that another NAD precursor, nicotinamide riboside, thought to be a vitamin form of NAD only in certain bacteria, served as a vitamin in yeast and could prevent death. The resea...Study: Low-carb diet more effective than low-fat diet
...er or squash. They also received daily nutritional supplements recommended by Atkins -- a multivitamin, essential oils, a diet formulation and chromium picolinate. There were no restrictions on total calories, but carbohydrates were kept below 20 grams per day at the start of the diet. The low-fat, low-cholester...Iron supplements help only certain non-anemic women
... bout before supplementation. Then, half took iron supplements (100 milligrams of ferrous sulfate per day) while ... tissue-iron-deficient women who did not take iron supplements failed to significantly improve on the endurance test. A woman's tissue iron status can be assessed ...Moderate exercise and simple dietary supplements significantly reduce risk of atherosclerosis
...derate exercise in conjunction with common dietary supplements significantly reduce the risk of atherosclerosis b...that if you exercise in addition to taking dietary supplements you have a markedly enhanced production of nitric oxide--in science, we like to call it a synergisti...Incentive-based intervention with nutritional component improves health status of children in Mexico
...ticipating households received fortified nutrition supplements called papilla, and the families received nutrition education, health care, and cash transfers. The families received the cash transfers if they complied with requirements concerning school attendance and maintaining certain health care appointment...