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Primary Health Care Coughs Up Its Vitamins (Forbes)

blog — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:07:50 +0000

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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‘Rewards for medics’ excellence’

blog — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:07:47 +0000

Surgeons could be rewarded with bonuses for successful operations under a plan being considered by the UK’s largest hospital trust.

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Weight gain halted by vitamins, study of mice finds (Los Angeles Times)

blog — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:07:02 +0000

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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Vitamins not linked to death risk (Honolulu Advertiser)

blog — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:07:15 +0000

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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Anti-Aging Supplements Vitamins C and E Reduce Risk of Alzheimer’s (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

blog — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:07:05 +0000

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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Vision vitamins may be harmful for smokers (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

blog — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:07:44 +0000

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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Popular Website Disabled World Opens New Disability Community

blog — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:07:24 +0000

Montreal, Quebec (PRWEB) July 10, 2008 — On-line community for persons with disabilities, Disabled World, announced today the opening of their new on-line community for people with disabilities and…

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Passion 4 Life Liquid Vitamins & Minerals Supplement Offers Health-Conscience Consumers Superior Delivery and … (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

blog — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:07:33 +0000

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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HAITI: High risk and underground (AlertNet)

blog — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:07:47 +0000

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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Vitamins block post-meal grogginess in diabetics (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

blog — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:07:20 +0000

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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