The Australian operator of medical clinics decides that the pills business it acquired with Symbion Health is not a fit, so it is selling it on to Sanofi-Aventis for $546.6 million.

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A diet supplemented with folic acid, vitamin B-12 and other additives appears to block a gene and prevent successive generations of mice from getting fatter, researchers report. Scientists have used a special blend of vitamins and nutrients to stop successive generations of mice from becoming progressively more overweight.

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Q. The other day I heard a rather frightening statement — that prescription drugs and medical procedures are among the leading causes of death in the United States. Is this true? And how do drugs compare in this regard to the safety of vitamins and antioxidants? Please give me some basic facts and statistics to put this into perspective.

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If the incidence of Alzheimer’s continues to increase at the current rate more than 81 million people worldwide will be suffering from the disease by 2040. However, according to a recent study, the risk of developing the disease may be significantly reduced by a combination of vitamins E and C and ibuprofen.

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Based on new research, smokers may want to check the beta-carotene content of any multivitamin supplements they are taking, especially if these supplements are promoted as being beneficial for eye health.

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Chef Selections, Inc., a Tucson-based holding company that specializes in developing emerging growth businesses through innovative marketing techniques, announced Monday that recent laboratory analysis performed by the Company revealed that up to 98% of the vitamins, minerals and other beneficial ingredients in its revolutionary Passion 4 Life supplement are actually absorbed into the …

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Source: IRIN If you inject heroin, you probably know about the risk of becoming infected with Hepatitis C or HIV, but if you’re one of the thousands across the world who visit informal healers for a jab of vitamin B you may be getting more than a shot of vitamins and not even know it.

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Fatty meals may cloud the brains of people with type 2 diabetes, but antioxidant vitamins can help clear the fog, Canadian researchers demonstrated in a study they conducted.

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SERIOUS drugs charges against the son of one of Australia’s former top rugby players are expected to be dropped after tests revealed seized substances were in fact vitamins.

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Country Life Vitamins, in conjunction with the Gluten Intolerance Group of North America (GIG), is working to improve the health of people with celiac disease and to bring about awareness of gluten intolerances. May, is National Celiac Disease Awareness Month, but people’s health is important all year long, and so Country Life Vitamins and GIG are committed to spreading awareness throughout the …

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