Antioxidant supplements for prevention of mortality in healthy participants and patients with various diseases Editorial Group: Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group, published online: 14 MAR 2012 Note: The Cochrane Library is a respected group in medical research. Their findings have a major impact on medical thinking. They review thousands of published studies. Previous research on animal and [...]
Vitamins and Mortality: In Defense of Supplements By Ayaz Virji, MD, from Medscape The article by Mursu and colleagues[1] that was recently reported on in Medscape News indicates that ad libitum use of multivitamins does not reduce all-cause mortality in women; to the contrary, it may slightly increase it. This arm of the Iowa Women’s [...]
DR. KEEN DR. DESTOUNIS DR. LEE From Medscape Medical News Screening Has Little Impact on Breast Cancer Deaths Fran Lowry See Dr. Pinna’s comments below…. August 3, 2011 – Screening has been successful in reducing deaths from cervical cancer and colorectal cancer, but not breast cancer, according to the authors of a new European study [...]
Europe’s Flu Rate Rises, Disease Spreads Eastwards By Kate Kelland, from Reuters Health Information NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jan 25 – Rates of seasonal flu are rising in The Netherlands, Ireland, Spain and France, and the disease is spreading eastwards with hundreds of people needing treatment in intensive care units and death tolls also starting [...]
