April 06, 2022 The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition TAKE-HOME MESSAGE This double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial of 21,422 US adults aged ≥60 years evaluated whether daily multivitamin–multimineral (MVM) supplementation reduced the incidence of total invasive cancer among older adults. Daily MVM supplementation was not associated with a reduced incidence of total invasive cancer; however, […]
American Heart Journal Volume 195, January 2018, Pages 70-77 Omar M.Issa DO Importance In a prespecified subgroup analysis of participants not on statin therapy at baseline in the TACT, a high-dose complex oral multivitamins and multimineral regimen was found to have a large unexpected benefit compared with placebo. The regimen tested was substantially different from […]
Matern Child Nutr. 2015 Aug 11. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12209. [Epub ahead of print] Periconceptional folic acid fortification for the risk of gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia: a meta-analysis of prospective studies. Yang X, Chen H, Du Y, Wang S, Wang Z. Abstract Published literatures report controversial results about the association of folic acid-containing multivitamins with gestational hypertension […]
Expert Opinion · May 27, 2015 Written by: Rebecca Gottesman MD, PhD Two recent papers highlight the potential role of inexpensive treatments for primary prevention of stroke in the form of a multivitamin in the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study1 and folic acid supplementation in the China Stroke Primary Prevention Trial (CSPPT).2 Despite distinct methods and […]
Practice Update Sarah L Chamlin MD July 23, 2014–Several topics related to pediatric hair loss were discussed at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology, held in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, July 9th through the 12th, 2014. Sheila Fallon Friedlander, MD, from the University of California, San Diego, and colleagues presented a poster […]
Ann. Intern. Med 2013 Dec 17;159(12)797-805, GA Lamas, R Boineau, C Goertz, DB Mark, Y Rosenberg, M Stylianou, T Rozema, RL Nahin, L Lindblad, EF Lewis, J Drisko, KL Lee Research · January 01, 2014 Full Story: http://www.practiceupdate.com/journalscan/7358 Journal Reference: http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1789248 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE This was a secondary analysis of 1708 patients > age 50 years […]
Ann. Intern. Med 2013 Dec 16;[EPub Ahead of Print], F Grodstein, J O’Brien, JH Kang, R Dushkes, NR Cook, O Okereke, JE Manson, RJ Glynn, JE Buring, JM Gaziano, HD Sesso Research · December 30, 2013 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE In this substudy of The Physicians’ Health Study II, a large trial with > 10 years of follow-up in […]
Sue Hughes December 17, 2013 Taking a daily multivitamin was not associated with cognitive benefits over a 12-year treatment period in male doctors aged 65 years or older in the large-scale Physicians’ Health Study II (PHS II). The study, published online December 17 in Annals of Internal Medicine, was conducted by a group led by […]
Larry Hand December 02, 2013 Full Story: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/815253 Taking a multivitamin supplement daily may stave off development of cataracts in middle-aged and older men, according to an article published online November 21 in Ophthalmology. However, there appeared to be no association between daily vitamins and visually significant age-related macular degeneration (AMD). William G. Christen, ScD, from the Division […]
Supplement Combo Lessens HIV Progression Published: Nov 26, 2013 By Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/HIVAIDS/HIVAIDS/43142 Action Points In a randomized study of HIV-infected adults who had not received antiretroviral therapy-naive, 24-month supplementation with a single supplement containing multivitamins and selenium was safe, significantly reducing the risk of immune decline and morbidity. […]
Published: Oct 10, 2013 | Updated: Oct 11, 2013 By Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/HematologyOncology/BreastCancer/42208 Postmenopausal breast cancer patients had a significantly lower risk of dying of the disease if they consumed multivitamins with minerals, an analysis of data from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) showed. Overall, use of multivitamins with […]