by Dr. Clark Hansen, NMD | Apr 12, 2010 | Health Condition, Health Research, Medication
As cute as Sally Field is, she is not a doctor, she doesn’t even play one on TV. She’s just an actress who is getting paid to advertise a drug. I wonder if she is worried about all of the side-effects. Now it appears that her radio and TV ads for Boniva,...
by Dr. Clark Hansen, NMD | Apr 11, 2010 | Health Condition, Women's Health
Women who take daily multivitamins in and around the time of conception give birth to babies who weigh one pound more on average than women not taking the supplements, report researchers from Harvard and Boston University in the Annals of Epidemiology. “African...
by Dr. Clark Hansen, NMD | Apr 11, 2010 | Food and Nutrition, Health Condition, Health Products, Supplements
Inadequate levels of vitamin D may be causing about 37,000 premature deaths in Canada and costing the country billions of dollars, according to a new review. New research, published March 29, 2010, in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, reports that increasing...
by Dr. Clark Hansen, NMD | Apr 11, 2010 | Food and Nutrition, Health Condition, Health Products, Women's Health
Eating 1-2 servings of fatty fish per week or taking omega-3 oil supplements, may reduce a woman’s risk of heart failure by about 25 to 30%, according to a new study. The benefits appear linked to the omega-3 content of the fish, report researchers in the...
by Dr. Clark Hansen, NMD | Apr 11, 2010 | Food and Nutrition, Health Condition, Health Products, Supplements, Women's Health
According to a new study from Japan, a daily supplement of zinc may reduce anger and depression in young women. A daily supplement of 7 milligrams of zinc as zinc gluconate was associated with significant decreases in measures of anger-hostility and...
by Dr. Clark Hansen, NMD | Apr 10, 2010 | Food and Nutrition, Health Condition, Health Products
This antioxidant-rich polyphenol from Chardonnay grape seeds reduces blood sugar, triglycerides, insulin resistance and oxidative stress linked to obesity, according to a new study in hamsters. Researchers from the University of Montpellier, France, report that...
