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Intermountain Medical Center researchers say doctors must educate patients about mixing vitamins and supplements with the highly prescribed blood thinner Atrial Fibrillation patients who are prescribed the powerful blood thinner warfarin often take it with vitamins or supplements that can hamper its effectiveness, or skip doses completely, increasing their risk for stroke, according to new research. The study, jointly conducted by researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart...

Deficiency may hinder recovery A new study indicates that many patients undergoing spine surgery have low levels of vitamin D, which may delay their recovery. In a study of 313 patients undergoing spinal fusion surgery, orthopaedic surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that more than half had inadequate levels of vitamin D, including one-fourth who were more severely deficient. The researchers report their findings today at the 26th Annual Meeting of...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to the published study, "Vitamin E and the Risk of Prostate Cancer; The Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT),[1]" published in JAMA (the Journal of the American Medical Association), the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association representing the dietary supplement industry, issued the following statement: Statement by Duffy MacKay, N.D., vice president, scientific and regulatory...

PHOENIX, Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Kurt Warner's First Things First Foundation and Amway North America announced today that Amway's NUTRILITE® nutritional supplements brand has signed on as the Presenting Sponsor of Warner's annual "Ultimate Football Experience" in Phoenix on March 9 -10, 2012. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/amway/49543/ Nutrilite, the world's leading brand of vitamins and dietary...

A new study highlights concerns about the long-term use of vitamins in older people who do not have increased nutritional deficiencies, notably in women, whom authors say have an increased risk of death from taking too many vitamins and supplements. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Minnesota and published Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine, analyzed data from 39,000 women followed over nearly two decades and found that those who took multivitamins, vitamin...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to the published study, "Dietary Supplements and Mortality Rate in Older Women(1)," published in the Archives of Internal Medicine (a publication of the American Medical Association), the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association representing the dietary supplement industry, issued the following two-part statement: Statement by Duffy MacKay, N.D., vice president, scientific and regulatory affairs,...

HOUSTON, Sept. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SABEResPODER and Bedoyecta® have joined forces to provide the Latino community with information about the importance of over the counter products in the U.S. This educational campaign also includes information about vitamins and supplements as well as information on how to properly take medicines that do not require a prescription. The campaign will run in the city of Houston through SABEResPODER's community touchpoints. It is being launched in...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research suggests adding a powder that contains vitamins and minerals to semi-solid foods consumed by infants can reduce their risk of anemia and iron deficiency. More than 2 billion people worldwide suffer from vitamin and mineral deficiencies, particularly those of iron, vitamin A and zinc. Infants and young children are particularly vulnerable because they grow rapidly and often do not consume enough of these nutrients. A team of researchers set out to...

Adding a powder that contains several vitamins and minerals, including iron, zinc and vitamin A, to the semi-solid foods taken by infants and children between six months and two years of age, can reduce their risk of anaemia and iron deficiency. This is the conclusion of a new Cochrane Systematic Review. Vitamin and mineral deficiencies, particularly those of iron, vitamin A and zinc, affect more than two billion people worldwide. Infants and young children are highly vulnerable because...

Leading the fight against a Vitamin D deficiency epidemic. Chino, CA (PRWEB) September 03, 2011 Today, BioSorb Nutraceuticals announced immediate availability of Bio D Supreme™, providing a quick and easy solution for people suffering the effects of low Vitamin D levels. “In all my years of practice of medicine, I’ve never seen one vitamin, even vitamin C, have such profound effects on human health,” said Dr. Soram Khalsa, board-certified internist and medical...