Month: October 2013
Call For Free Vitamins For Children Under-five
Vitamins: Too much of a not-so-good thing?
At present, only low-income families qualify for vitamins on the NHS but rising fears about the number of children developing rickets – caused by a lack of vitamin D – has prompted a rethink. All under-fives could get free vitamins under plans being considered by the Government. Credit: PA Wire England’s chief medical officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, has asked the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) to examine whether all children should receive drops or tablets containing vitamins A, C and D. More top news
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This is the big one. With nearly 40% of Americans taking a multi-vitamin, they must be good for you, right? But a huge study that I wrote about last year , looking at 38,772 women over 25 years, found that the overall risk of deathincreasedwith long-term use of multivitamins, vitamin B6, folic acid, iron, magnesium, zinc, and copper. Death, one must admit, is a pretty bad outcome. On the evidence, supplementing your diet with any of these 5 vitamins carries little or no benefit, and may cause you harm. This is why we do science, people.
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The Top Five Vitamins You Should Not Take
“I think that alternative medicine is often given a free pass,” he told CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta. “I think we should hold alternative medicine to the same standard that we hold conventional medicine. It lives under this sort of untouchable halo. I think we should be a little more skeptical.” Offit, chief of the division of infectious diseases at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, is no stranger to controversy — previously he has taken on the anti-vaccine movement.
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United Health Products Inc. Signs Hemostyp Product Distributors
CDC: Flavored tobacco products luring underage smokers
( OTCQB: UEEC ) announced that it has engaged two distributors, Nu Spectrum Solutions LLC and Critical Health Products Ltd, to market and sell its proprietary and patented HemoStypTM products. The exclusive agreements for specific markets include suggested initial stocking inventories and require yearly minimums. Nu Spectrum Solutions LLC Nu Spectrum Solutions has been granted the exclusive rights to sell to the US military and worldwide equestrian markets. Nu Spectrum Solutions LLC President, George Prussin, said My extensive experience in the field tells me that the equestrian market for HemoStyp is an important and valuable one. Prussins horse, Safely Kept, is in the Breeders Cup Hall of Fame. Prior to his involvement with the Breeders Cup, Prussin founded Shali Leasing and built it to a $1+ billion revenue company. For more information, please visit: http://nuspecmed.com/ .
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Although tobacco companies insist their products are marketed to smokers of legal age, public health officials say added flavors — such as chocolate, strawberry and grape — appeal to children and teens. Such concerns led the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban the sale of most flavored cigarettes in 2009. However, the ban did not affect menthol cigarettes or flavored cigars. Little cigars look like cigarettes and carry the same toxins and carcinogens.
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Truth Squad: Supplements for Eye Health
According to the study, 50 milligrams daily of beta carotene, 500 milligrams daily of vitamin C, 400 international units of vitamin E, and 80 milligrams of zinc were found to be effective doses of each supplement. In general, many eye health experts may recommend supplements only for those who already experience specific types of vision loss, said Dr. Penny Asbell, director of the Cornea Service and Refractive Surgery Center at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. For example, according to Asbell, supplements may have more benefit to those who suffer from dry age-related macular degeneration, a less severe form of AMD, because of the slower progression of vision loss, rather than the more severe wet AMD. Supplements Will Not Cure All Eye Ills, Doctors Say In fact, Chew said, ophthalmologists should only recommend supplements if an eye exam shows yellow spots in the eye, called drusen, which is a common sign of AMD.
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