Trade-offs: Comparing supplements vs. exercise
Drs. Andrew Mendelsohn and James Larrick at the Panorama Research Institute and Regenerative Sciences Institute, in Sunnyvale, California, have complied...
Here’s what we know about vitamin C and the common cold
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) for preventing and treating the common cold has been a subject of controversy for 70 years....
Diets for multiple sclerosis
Diets and dietary supplements are often used by people with multiple sclerosis (MS). This updated Cochrane review reports on studies...
Use of dietary supplements to enhance sports performance
Researchers at Texas Chiropractic College, in Pasadena, studied children in the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) in order to estimate...
Resveratrol flawed science, and more
The University of Connecticut reports that Dr. Dipak Das falsified the results of some studies of resveratrol. But the CAM...
CAM for the common cold?
While rhinoviruses cause upto half of colds, up to 200 other viruses have been implicated. Researchers at the University of...
Effect of vitamin D supplements on cancer and fracture risks
Researchers in Boston and Japan, reviewed the effects of vitamin D with or without calcium supplementation.
B vitamins and the risk of dementia
Researchers at Harvard Medical School, in Boston, examined the effect of taking folic acid, vitamin B-12, and vitamin B-6 on...
Vitamin A and the risk of asthma
Animal research suggests that a vitamin A deficiency adversely affects lung development and promotes airway hyper-responsiveness, which may predispose to...
Taking “medical food” during pregnancy
Researchers in the US and Mexico studied the value of taking supplements with a medical food — bars containing L-arginine...
Increasing popularity of dietary supplements
Dietary supplement use has steadily increased since the 1970s. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health estimated dietary supplement use...
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CAM options for treating depression
Emily Matthews, a reader of this blog, provides this overview of depression and complementary treatment options. About 20 million Americans...
Dietary supplements and the risk of death in older women
Dietary supplements are commonly taken to prevent chronic disease. Researchers in Finland, Norway, and the Republic of Korea studied the...
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Use of dietary supplements by medical specialists
Here’s a look at the use of dietary supplements by physicians in 3 specialties in the US: cardiology, dermatology, and...
Risk of drug interactions with dietary supplements
Researchers in the US reviewed the incidence and severity of potential interactions between prescription medicine and dietary supplements.
Reviewing non-pharmacological options to prevent migraine
At the University of Turin, in Italy, researchers reviewed the evidence. And contributors to the US Headache Consortium tell us...
Options to prevent colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer is strongly associated with a Western lifestyle. Researchers at Harvard Medical School, in Boston, present an overview of...
High use of CAM among people with diabetes
Would you believe that about 80% of people with diabetes use CAM? Researchers at the University of California, in San...
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CAM options to treat menopausal symptoms
Prof. Ernst has reviewed the evidence. Here’s what we know.
Vitamin A and zinc to treat tuberculosis
Low blood levels of vitamin A and zinc are common in tuberculosis patients. But do patients benefit from supplementation during...