Archive for October, 2011

Vitamin Studies Spell Confusion for Patients

If it's Monday, it must be bad news about multivitamin day -- or was that Wednesday? No, Wednesday was good news about vitamin D [...]

The Trouble With Supplements

With the recent report in The Journal of the American Medical Association (see accompanying article in “News & Events”) that Vitamin E supplementation may increase the risk of prostate cancer,  (read more...)

Vitamin E boosts prostate cancer risk, study finds

Large daily doses of Vitamin E, long touted as a virtual wonder drug that could protect against cancer, heart disease, dementia [...]

Chocolate also insures against stroke risk

WOMEN who munch a bar of chocolate every week could cut stroke risk by 20 percent. The finding is based on a study of more than 33,000 Swedish [...]

Success with Heart Failure

The CBS Evening News (10/18, story 7, 0:20, Pelley) reported, "We're making some progress, it turns out, in the fight against heart disease. [...]