Everyone knows that calcium is good for your bones, so supplements containing the element are widely available and consumed by many. Now, the conclusions of a research show that these supplements significantly increase users' chances of suffering from a heart attack.
In past studies, experts determined that con... |
24 May 2012
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University of Minnesota investigators have recently discovered that women who consume numerous vitamin supplements are at higher risk of dying than peers who do not use the chemicals. The investigation that led to this conclusion was carried out on thousands of women in the United States.
Experts say that the data... |
11 October 2011
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The use of calcium supplements in managing osteoporosis should be reassessed as soon as possible. It could be that the drugs boost older women's risk of developing adverse cardiovascular events. In other words, it could be that these supplements are making this subgroup of the population more likely to develop h... |
20 April 2011
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In a positive twist, more new mothers today choose to breastfeed their children, as this is the most natural way to go about taking care of the young ones. But breast milk does not provide sufficient amounts of vitamin D, and moms need to be aware of this too.According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), a n... |
8 November 2010
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Older people commonly take calcium supplements to fight or slow down osteoporosis. A scientific study published today on bmj.com associates these supplements with a high risk of heart attack. The authors of the study suggest that a better management of the calcium supplements in countering osteoporosis is necessary.D... |
30 July 2010
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35,016 women were followed-up for six years and 880 cases of breast cancer were identified. Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, led by Emily White, PhD, a member of the public health sciences division, published a report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention that concluded ... |
8 July 2010
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Vitamins are an integral part of our daily lives. Whether we're talking about reading about them, hearing other people talk about them, talking about them ourselves or actually ingesting them, we're all used to remarks such as „oh, come on, finish that orange, it's got so many vitamins" or „no, I'... |
14 May 2008
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