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Vitamin- B 12 Supplements Found To Be Effective In Combating Depression

...d. Therefore, they say it appears taking vitamin B supplements may help people respond positively to antidepressants....

Fortifying Foods Found To Reduce Birth Defects

...searchers advice pregnant women to take folic acid supplements in early pregnancy when the neural tube is forming. But women also need to maintain adequate levels of folic acid prior to pregnancy. A recent study compared the number of neural tube defects in babies born in Newfoundland and Labrador -- two areas...

Reducing Cancer Risk in Men

Low-dose antioxidant supplements may reduce cancer risk in men, but not in women, s...the low-dose antioxidant supplements. However, the supplements did not have the same effect in women. Based on their findings researchers believe the antioxidant ...

Vitamin- B 12 Good For Depression

...d. Therefore, they say it appears taking vitamin B supplements may help people respond positively to antidepressants....

Report on the Safety and Effectiveness of Melatonin supplements

...fic evidence to date for the benefits of melatonin supplements used for disorders due to sleep schedule alteratio... waking. Among those problems for which melatonin supplements appear to provide little benefit are jet lag, a problem that often nags coast-to-coast travelers and...

The Use Of Alternative Medicine On The Rise

...ere was a 50-percent increase in the use of herbal supplements and a 40-percent increase in the use of yoga. Thus researchers recommend more studies to help determine the safety and efficacy of these therapies....

Old Drugs Safe To Use In Cancer Treatment ?

...before combination of thalidomide with nutritional supplements and pharmacological agents can be used . It has also been agreed that the drug deserves a second look as a cancer treatment....

Doubts Cast On Benefits Of Vitamin E

... association, says the reality of taking vitamin E supplements may be something very different. The researchers...se or diabetes mellitus, higher doses of vitamin E supplements taken for a long time do not show any positive effect in preventing cancer or any major cardiac prob...

Vitamin D to reduce multiple sclerosis

...e highest levels of vitamin intake through vitamin supplements (400 IU per day or more) showed a reduced risk of developing multiple sclerosis. However, there was no association of taking vitamin D through food alone with the onset of the disease. Reference : http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/press/releases/press0112...

Vitamin D May Help The Elderly With Osteoporosis

...ove the age of 50 yrs may be benefited from taking supplements // of vitamin D. Patients who are suffering from ...he researchers are of the opinion that nutritional supplements of the vitamin D along with calcium may be associated with a reduction in fractures due to fall in e...

Supplement Of CLA May Reduce Body Fat

...lts are not sufficient to use triglycerides or CLA supplements as medication for weight loss in obese adults. More studies are required to confirm the results and find out the safety of using the drug for the long term....

To Reduce Risk Of Cancer Eat Grapes

...ken whole. The researchers are of the opinion that supplements made from the grapes will not have the same effect. Grapes contain flavnoids, which are antioxidants by nature and already had proven effect to alleviate cardiac diseases. The researchers have identified about a dozen new and till date unidentified ...

Low hemoglobin may make mothers bond less with their babies

.... Half of the iron deficient women were given iron supplements after delivery of babies. All the women were videotaped again after 9 months to know the long term effect on iron deficiency on the behavior of mothers to their children. The results of the observations showed that for women who had suffered iron de...

Zinc increases thinking power of children

... showing increase in reasoning and dexterity. Zinc supplements were associated with remembering objects and complex shapes better when compared to supplementing with micronutrients alone. According to the chief research person James G. Penland, the required dietary allowance for zinc is 11mg daily for boys of ...

Milk intake increases the risk of Parkinson’s disease in midlife

... the effect of taking calcium supplements. Calcium supplements taken from dairy or non-dairy sources had no significant effect on the increased risk of Parkinson’s disease. The study results thus suggest that intake of milk significantly increases the risk of Parkinson’s in older men. The report was published...

Long-term use of calcium supplements to prevent colon cancer

...rtmouth Medical School said that intake of calcium supplements over the years can act as a preventive measure for people at risk of colon cancer.// Calcium supplements can reduce about 36% of the chances of pre-cancerous polyp formations in colon. Calcium has chemo pr...

Diet to lower heart disease risk for type 2 diabetes

...he HDL in people that can be achieved with dietary supplements of fiber, and hence is most beneficial for patients with diabetes type 2....

Eating food rich in calcium and vitamin D helps fight PMS

...,200mg of calcium and 400 IU of Vitamin D. Calcium supplements are also seen to reduce the severity of premenstrual syndrome. Researchers feel that as dietary calcium and vitamin D are also good as preventive measures for osteoarthritis and some forms of cancers, it is recommended that these be prescribed to wo...

People with abnormal heart rhythms must avoid fish oil

Fish oil supplements may be harmful for people with abnormal heartbeats...have noted that, in patients who received fish oil supplements as preventive treatment, the risk of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation was almost...

Vitamin D Supplement in Teenage Girls essential in Winter months

... world would // benefit later in life if they took supplements of Vitamin D in the winter months when the sunligh...searchers concluded in a study that girls who took supplements during the winter had no decrease in vitamin D status during this time and actually improved their b...

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