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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 28, 2011

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Vitamin D Benefits: Hope or Hype?

 

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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 14, 2011

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Vitamin E Is Linked to Prostate Cancer 

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Klein E, et al “Vitamin E and the risk of prostate cancer: The Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT)” JAMA 2011; 306: 1549-1556.

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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 12, 2011

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Healthy diet trumps genetic heart disease

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The Effect of Chromosome 9p21 Variants on Cardiovascular Disease May Be Modified by Dietary Intake: Evidence from a Case/Control and a Prospective Study

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Effects of prenatal fish-oil and 5-methyltetrahydrofolate supplementation on cognitive development of children at 6.5 y of age

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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 30, 2011

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Fish oil pills don’t improve kids’ braininess

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Effects of prenatal fish-oil and 5-methyltetrahydrofolate supplementation on cognitive development of children at 6.5 y of age

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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 27, 2011

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Vitamin B12 deficiency may lead to cognitive problems

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Tangney CC, et al “Vitamin B12, cognition, and brain MRI measures: A cross-sectional examination” Neurology 2011; 77: 1276–1282.

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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 16, 2011

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Young kids need only 2 cups of milk each day: study

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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 25, 2011

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Multivitamins won’t lower risk of death from cancer or heart disease, study says

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Multivitamin Use and the Risk of Mortality and Cancer Incidence
The Multiethnic Cohort Study

 

 

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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 22, 2011

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Why to Eat Like a Greek

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Journal of the American College of Cardiology: The Effect of Mediterranean Diet on Metabolic Syndrome and its Components

 

 

 

 

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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 23, 2010

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Vitamins and Exercise Key to Fall Prevention

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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 10, 2010

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Professor loses 27 lbs on Twinkie diet

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