Vitamin D Supplements in the Elderly May Help Prevent Falls

Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS,  from “Fall prevention with supplemental and active forms of vitamin D: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials” in the October 2009 issue of the British Medical Journal. Posted January 25, 2010. Read more »

The Alternative Approach: The Role of Nutrition in Slowing Alzheimer’s Disease

By Dr. Patrick Massey, M.D., Ph.D., Daily Herald Columnist, January 25, 2010.  There is increasing medical evidence that nutrition is important for not only preventing diseases but perhaps reversing them. Read more »

No Deaths from Vitamins, Minerals, Amino Acids or Herbs

The following article is a press release from the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, January 19, 2010. Posted February 24, 2010. Read more »

Multivitamins Found to Help with Lung Health

Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS,  from “Multi-Vitamins, Folate, and Green Vegetables Protects against Gene Promoter Methylation in the Aerodigestive Tract of Smokers” published online in Cancer Research. Posted January 19, 2010. Read more »

Pycnogenol Found to Help with Hemorrhoids

Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, from “Pycnogenol® Treatment of Acute Hemorrhoidal Episodes” printed online in Phytotherapy Ressearch. Posted January 19, 2010. Read more »

Vitamin D May Be Associated with Higher Serum HDL Cholesterol and Lower Incidence of Metabolic Syndrome

Abstracted by Susan Sweeny Johnson, PhD, from “Serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D is independently associated with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and the metabolic syndrome in men and women” in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology (2009) 3, 289–296. Posted January 18, 2010. Read more »

Omega-3 Fatty Acids DHA and EPA May Be Linked to Ability to Process Sensory Input

Abstracted by Susan Sweeny Johnson, PhD,  from “Deficit in Prepulse Inhibition in Mice Caused by Dietary n-3 Fatty Acid Deficiency” in Behavioral Neuroscience 2009, Vol. 123, No. 6, 1218–1225.  Posted January 18, 2010. Read more »

Extended-Release Niacin Added to Statin Therapy for High Cholesterol

Abstracted by Marcia J. Egles, MD, from “Extended-release niacin or ezetimibe and carotid intima-media thickness” in The New England Journal of Medicine vol.361,No.22: 2113-2122, November 26, 2009. Posted January 18, 2010. Read more »

Low Vitamin D Found to Affect Kidney Health

Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, from “25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels, Race, and the Progression of Kidney Disease” printed online November 19, 2009, in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Posted January 15, 2010. Read more »

Mediterranean Diet Again Shows Promise with Metabolic Syndrome

Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, from “Mediterranean-style dietary pattern, reduced risk of metabolic syndrome traits, and incidence in the Framingham Offspring Cohort”, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2009;90 1608-14. Posted January 15, 2010. Read more »