A six-year trial of 3,069 adults aged 72 to 96 found 120 mg of ginkgo biloba extract twice daily did nothing for global cognition, memory, language, attention or executive function. Whether the dose was optimal, or the findings apply to other ages, remains unknown.
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Nzu, Traditional Remedy for Morning Sickness
Texas health officials and the FDA warned pregnant and breastfeeding women to avoid Nzu, a clay remedy for morning sickness sold at African specialty stores, after lab analysis found high levels of lead and arsenic. The piece also lists ginger, vitamin B6 and small frequent meals.
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Ginkgo Biloba Extract Effective in Treating Dementia
An Austrian review of 10 randomized, double-blind trials concluded Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761 treats dementia at least as well as commonly prescribed drugs. Three of four large trials beat placebo; the one inconclusive trial used unusually strict patient selection.
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Ginkgo biloba doesn't help cognitive decline
In a trial of 3,069 adults aged 72 to 96 who took 120 mg of ginkgo extract twice daily for about six years, researchers found no effect on cognitive decline. The piece notes the result may not apply to younger people and that the dose may not have been optimal.
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The super prostate formula
A look at Physicians Choice's Super Prostate Formula, whose soy isoflavone and saw palmetto ingredients have some supporting research but cannot legally be marketed as preventing prostate cancer. The maker offers a free month, then $79.90 for three months.
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New study links DHA type of omega-3 to better nervous-system function (PR)
Research in Behavioral Neuroscience reports that the omega-3 fats DHA and EPA help animals avoid sensory overload, perhaps by maintaining nerve-cell membranes. The authors connect low omega-3 levels to information-processing problems seen in schizophrenia, ADHD, OCD and Huntington's disease.
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Soy protein helps fight cancer and inflammation
University of Illinois researchers report that lunasin, a soy peptide recovered from soy-processing waste, triggered leukemia cell death through caspase-3 and reduced inflammation markers NF-kappa-B, interleukin-1 and interleukin-6. Eating 50 grams of soy protein for five days raised blood levels.
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Omega-3 Benefits Your Baby's Brain and Eyes
The European Food Safety Authority confirmed that the omega-3 fats DHA and ALA benefit eye and brain development in babies but said breast milk supplies enough, declining to endorse supplementation. Mercola disagrees, arguing contaminated fish makes animal-based omega-3 supplements necessary.
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herbsprocom offers discounts for a limited period of time only
A list of promotional discount codes and expiry dates from the online supplement retailer HerbsPro, covering November 2009 offers on Source Naturals, cold and flu products, Veterans Day and Thanksgiving, plus ongoing free shipping and clearance deals.
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Antioxidants May Help Prevent Flu
University of Alabama researchers led by Sadis Matalon report that influenza's M2 protein disrupts lung epithelial cells' ability to clear liquid, and that treating cells beforehand with glutathione ester or protein kinase inhibitors prevented that damage.
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Fat Deficiency Kills More People Every Year than Breast Cancer
Harvard researchers modeling 12 dietary, lifestyle and metabolic risks put omega-3 deficiency sixth among preventable killers, at 72,000 to 96,000 US deaths a year. Other cited work tied omega-3s, especially with CoQ10, to lower blood pressure in kidney disease, and low levels to depression.
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Featured vitamin shop: The Vitamin Shoppe
A profile of The Vitamin Shoppe, the New Jersey supplement retailer with more than 400 stores, drawn largely from Wikipedia, including a 2008 report that Consumer Labs detected 15.3 micrograms of lead per daily serving in one of its multivitamins, which the company withdrew.
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Anticancer compound found in American mayapple (press release)
American mayapple, a common weed, may supply podophyllotoxin now taken from the near-extinct Indian mayapple and used to make the cancer drugs etoposide, teniposide and etopophos. Mississippi researchers set out to find American plants richest in the compound.
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Aloe vera: What you need to know
A primer on aloe vera: its recorded use back to early Egypt, traditional use on wounds and as a laxative, and present-day use for burns, diabetes, asthma and arthritis. Scientific evidence for the cosmetic and therapeutic claims is described as limited and often contradictory.
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Fish oil may not help prevent swine flu
A Clinical Nutrition study fed mice fish oil or corn oil for two weeks before influenza infection. The fish oil group showed less lung inflammation but an impaired immune response, with higher illness and death rates, suggesting fish oil may not help prevent swine flu.
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Supplements may help cancer survival
In the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study, lung cancer patients who took cod liver oil before diagnosis were 44 percent less likely to die of the disease and other supplement users 30 percent less likely. The authors say they cannot tell whether the supplements explain it.
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Potassium citrate prevents kidney stones in epileptic children
Among 301 children on a ketogenic diet for epilepsy, those given potassium citrate twice daily from the start were seven times less likely to develop kidney stones than those started only after blood calcium rose: 0.9 percent versus 6.7 percent, Pediatrics reports.
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Vitamin D, curcumin may help clear amyloid plaques found in Alzheimer's disease (PR)
UCLA scientists and colleagues report in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease that vitamin D3, alone or with natural or synthetic curcumin, may stimulate the immune system to clear amyloid beta from the brain. The researchers describe the findings as early.
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