Dietary Supplement

A naturally occurring polyphenol in red grapes and berries may provide a prophylactic benefit for preventing bone loss in postmenopausal women without osteoporosis, according to data published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

ATLANTA – A discussion with patients about their current dietary habits and nutritional supplementation can help the optometrist customize a dry eye treatment plan, according to a speaker here at SECO.

Children whose mothers received high-dose vitamin D supplementation while pregnant were not less likely to develop asthma or recurrent wheeze at age 6 years than children whose mothers did not receive supplementation, according to follow-up data from the Vitamin D Antenatal Asthma Reduction Trial.

Researchers found that adults exposed to radiation from CT scans had an increased risk for thyroid cancer and leukemia. It was one of the top stories in hematology/oncology last week.

Young Danish men without any indication of infertility who regularly consumed fish oil supplements had better sperm quality and overall testicular function than their peers who used less or no fish oil supplements, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Use of antioxidant supplements during chemotherapy, as well as iron and vitamin B12, by patients with breast cancer may increase their risk for disease recurrence and death, according to results of a prospective study published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In 2019, Healio readers were interested in the role of vitamin D and prescription fish oil supplements for cardiovascular health as well as studies exploring other uses of vitamin D. Also, not all dietary supplements are beneficial — or harmful — for people with diabetes.

One in three older adults prescribed Eliquis has used an over-the-counter medication or dietary supplement that may cause a potentially serious interaction, according to researchers.

PHILADELPHIA — Interventions with vitamin D or omega-3 failed to reduce rates of first heart failure hospitalization in a large cohort of healthy adults, although researchers observed a benefit for recurrent HF hospitalization with fish oil supplementation, according to findings from an ancillary study of the VITAL trial presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

The FDA has updated its safety communication to remind the public, health care providers, lab personnel and lab test developers that biotin, or vitamin B7, can significantly interfere with certain diagnostic tests and cause incorrect results that may go undetected. The FDA remains concerned, in particular, with the potential for false results for troponin, which could result in missed diagnoses for MI.