Dietary Supplement
NutriTears effective in improving tear volume, symptoms in dry eye disease
INDIANAPOLIS — The oral supplement NutriTears significantly improved dry eye symptoms and tear volume compared with placebo in adults with dry eye disease, according to research presented at Academy 2024.
VIDEO: Green tea extract, turmeric among supplements associated with liver injury
PHILADELPHIA — In this video, Nancy S. Reau, MD, FAASLD, AGAF, discusses the impact certain herbal and dietary supplements may have on the liver, especially among patients with underlying liver disease.
Q&A: Pediatric cardiologist calls for better energy drink regulation
Highly caffeinated drinks can pose serious cardiovascular risks to children and adolescents, yet unlike soda, they are not subjected to caffeine content limits or labeling requirements in the United States.
Dietary supplement evidence 'varies widely' with inconsistent regulations
A CDC report published in April 2023 revealed that supplement use commonly occurs in the United States because 58.5% of adults and 34.8% of children and adolescents had used at least one dietary supplement in the past 30 days.
'Open up the conversation' about dietary supplements to prevent colloidal silver ingestion
Ingesting colloidal silver supplements is popular but unsafe and, in excess, can lead to a patient’s skin permanently turning blue, according to experts.
Nearly 15.6 million Americans using botanical supplements may be at risk for liver injury
Researchers estimated that nearly 15.6 million Americans consumed at least one potentially hepatotoxic botanical product in the past 30 days, similar to usage reports for simvastatin and NSAIDS.
Cocoa flavanol supplementation may reduce incident atrial fibrillation over time
Cocoa flavanols may reduce the risk for incident atrial fibrillation over time, perhaps as a result of atrial remodeling, according to a secondary analysis of a completed study published in European Journal of Preventative Cardiology.
AREDS2 supplement slows expansion of geographic atrophy, even in late-stage AMD
Taking a daily supplement with antioxidant vitamins and minerals may slow the progression of late-stage dry age-related macular degeneration and could help maintain central vision in affected patients, according to researchers at NIH.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Top in endocrinology: Inaccurate supplement labels; first fully implantable integrated CGM
Findings from a case series study revealed that 83% of 30 dietary supplements that were marketed online for weight loss had inaccurate ingredient labels.