— Vitamin E, beta-carotene singled out as supplements to be avoided by Nicole Lou, Staff Writer, MedPage Today May 4, 2021 The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is again poised to take the position that the evidence is inconclusive for the use of most vitamin and mineral supplements to prevent heart disease and cancer […]
— Researchers question FDA’s commitment to enforcement by Ryan Basen, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today March 23, 2021 Weight loss and sports supplements were found to contain cocktails of banned and unapproved stimulants, including one dangerous stimulant FDA ordered manufacturers to stop using years ago. That’s according to a study published Tuesday in Clinical Toxicology, with […]
February 11, 2021 Journal of Drugs in Dermatology TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Of 50 surveyed dermatology patients who were advised to engage in sun protection and vitamin D supplementation, only 4 reported being aware of the role of vitamin K2 in vitamin D metabolism. As data mount showing that vitamin K2 has a synergistic effect with vitamin […]
October 12, 2018 Jenna Tucker, MPH JAMA Netw Open. 2018;1(6):e183337. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.3337 Key Points Question What are the trends across adulterated dietary supplements associated with a warning released by the US Food and Drug Administration from 2007 through 2016? Findings In this quality improvement study, analysis of the US Food and Drug Administration warnings from 2007 through 2016 showed […]
MAY 04, 2017 The Journal of Clinical Hypertension Tankeu AT, et al. – A recently found evidence suggesting the adverse impact of calcium supplementation on cardiovascular health was the trigger for the execution of this study. Researchers wished to shed light on this emerging topic and therefore, they studied the available evidence. After analyzing the […]
But observational study suggests benefit from dietary sources by Larry Husten October 13, 2016 Calcium supplements might increase cardiovascular risk, whereas dietary calcium was associated with a protective effect, a new observational study found. Many people — in particular, older women — take calcium supplements to prevent or treat osteoporosis, though the supporting evidence for […]
Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases, 07/27/2016 Raffield LM, et al. The researchers tried to find out the associations of calcium supplement use and cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and further they got the fact which suggest that Calcium supplements were not associated with elevated CVD risk. Moreover, dietary calcium intake was also not associated with incident […]
Many do not tell their doctors, putting them at risk for dangerous drug interactions TUESDAY, March 22, 2016 (HealthDay News) — More seniors than ever are taking supplements alongside their medications, a practice that puts them at risk for dangerous drug interactions, according to research published online March 21 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Dima Qato, […]
08.26.2015 Neither moderate physical activity in sedentary older adults nor nutritional supplementation in those with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) had a positive impact on cognitive function, according to two separate studies. In the first study, participants (ages 70-89) who undertook a 24-month physical activity program showed no difference in scores on the Digit Symbol Coding […]
Date Posted: 4/22/2015 3:28:36 PM Is Supplement Use Linked to Increased Cancer Risk? By Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO TAPintegrative.org Many integrative healthcare practitioners prescribe multivitamin/mineral supplements to their patients. After all, this can provide a strong foundation of nutrients that may be absent from the standard American diet. A recent (April 2015) presentation by Tim […]
Veronica Hackethal, MD April 15, 2015 Men who use muscle-building supplements (MBSs) that contain creatine or androstenedione may have up to 65% increased risk of developing testicular cancer, according to a case-control studypublished online March 31 in the British Journal of Cancer. This risk increased even more among men who began using MBSs before age 25, who used various […]
By ANAHAD O’CONNOR FEBRUARY 3, 2015 The New York State attorney general’s office accused four major retailers on Monday of selling fraudulent and potentially dangerous herbal supplements and demanded that they remove the products from their shelves. The authorities said they had conducted tests on top-selling store brands of herbal supplements at four national retailers […]
Reuters By Kathryn Doyle 1/7/2015 People who get a lot of antioxidants in their diets, or who take them in supplement form, don’t live any longer than those who just eat well overall, according to a long term study of retirees in California. Antioxidants, including vitamins A, C and E, are plentiful in vegetables and […]
J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2014 Nov 20. pii: S0161-4754(14)00218-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2014.10.015. [Epub ahead of print] An Exploratory, Descriptive Study of Consumer Opinions and Behaviors Regarding Health Products Sales at 4 Chiropractic Practices in a Large, Western Canadian Urban Center. Page SA1, Mbadiwe C2, McMorland DG3, Grod JP4. Abstract OBJECTIVE: This study describes the opinions and […]
Victor Bernet, Ana-Maria ChindrisDisclosures Expert Rev Endocrinol Metab. 2012;7(3):247-249. ABSTRACT AND INTRODUCTION Introduction The trend of using natural products has increased significantly in recent decades in the USA. A national health survey by the CDC in 2007 estimated that Americans spent US $34 billion on herbal supplements, chiropractic visits, meditation and other forms of complementary […]
David Rakel MD, FAAFP Concerns are growing regarding the incidence of hepatotoxicity from herbal and dietary supplements. To put this into perspective, most liver injury occurs in individuals taking supplements for bodybuilding. This population often uses products to excess, and the products may be contaminated with anabolic steroids. In fact, generally the combination of contaminants […]
Janis C. Kelly September 08, 2014 Unregulated herbal or dietary supplements (HDS) used by bodybuilders and by middle-aged women trying to lose weight have become increasingly important as causes of liver injury over the course of the last 10 years, researchers report in an article published online August 25 in Hepatology. Victor J. Navarro, MD, and colleagues at […]
Medscape Medical News Janis C. Kelly June 18, 2014 Story Source Drug-induced liver injury is among the most challenging disorders for gastroenterologists to diagnose and treat, but the American College of Gastroenterology has issued new clinical guidelines to help physicians and other healthcare providers manage this disorder. The guidelines were published onlineJune 17 in the American Journal […]
Desai CK1, Huang J, Lokhandwala A, Fernandez A, Riaz IB, Alpert JS. Clin Cardiol. 2014 May 23. doi: 10.1002/clc.22299. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract The production, sale, and consumption of multiple vitamins is a multibillion-dollar industry. Most Americans take some form of supplement ostensibly for prevention of cardiovascular disease. It has been claimed that vitamin […]
Reuters By Shereen Jegtvig April 29, 2014 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – One in three adults in the U.S. is taking both prescription medications and dietary supplements, creating a risk for dangerous interactions, according to a new study. Multivitamins with added ingredients like herbs or fish oil were the most common form of supplement mixed […]