December 2006

• Green tea helps prevent stroke induced brain damage (12/30/2006)
• Lower vitamin D levels may help explain higher cancer incidence among African Americans (12/16/2006)
• Magnesium supplementation increases girls bone mineral content (12/19/2006)
• Mothers intake of indole 3 carbinol could help protect children from cancer (12/23/2006)
• To your health (12/12/2006)
• Vitamin B12 deficiency linked with reduced cognitive function scores (12/09/2006)
• Women with reduced micronutrient levels have greater risk of disability (12/05/2006)

November 2006

• Alpha lipoic acid improves diabetic neuropathy symptoms (11/07/2006)
• Another cancer linked with reduced vitamin D levels (11/28/2006)
• Higher DHA levels associated with reduced risk of dementia (11/14/2006)
• Higher vitamin E levels associated with lower mortality in men over 19 year period (11/11/2006)
• Meta analysis justifies the use of folic acid to reduce heart disease and strokes (11/25/2006)
• More exciting findings for resveratrol (11/18/2006)
• Resveratrol protects overweight mice (11/04/2006)
• Vitamin E protects male smokers (11/21/2006)

October 2006

• Grapeseed extract blocks colorectal tumor growth in human cells and animals (10/24/2006)
• Higher blood levels of vitamin C associated with reduced gastric cancer risk (10/28/2006)
• Latest macular degeneration study plans to add new nutritional supplements (10/14/2006)
• Meta analysis finds higher selenium levels linked with lower coronary artery disease risk (10/07/2006)
• Omega 3 fatty acid supplements slow cognitive decline in early Alzheimers disease (10/10/2006)
• Silymarin improves diabetic blood values (10/31/2006)
• Vitamin E compound fights breast cancer spread (10/03/2006)

September 2006

• Calorie restriction reduces Alzheimers disease neuropathology in monkeys (09/19/2006)
• Fatty fish consumption associated with reduced kidney cancer risk (09/23/2006)
• Higher plasma vitamin C levels associated with reduced coronary artery disease risk (09/16/2006)
• Low vitamin D levels predict nursing home admission (09/09/2006)
• Meta analysis finds fruit vegetable intake linked with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease (09/30/2006)
• Meta analysis finds soy protein improves lipids (09/26/2006)
• Vitamin D slashes pancreatic cancer risk (09/12/2006)
• Vitamin E deficient mothers likelier to have asthmatic children (09/02/2006)

August 2006

• Benfotiamine prevents endothelial dysfunction after AGE rich meal (08/26/2006)
• Chilling out mentally could slow aging (08/19/2006)
• CLA treats diabetes in mice (08/05/2006)
• Diseased arteries found to be prematurely aged (08/29/2006)
• Fibrinogen adds to value of CRP levels for predicting cardiovascular events (08/08/2006)
• Low testosterone levels in older men increase the risk of death during 4 year average follow up (08/15/2006)
• Omega 3 fatty acids reduce prostate cancer growth (08/01/2006)
• Review affirms evidence for protective effect of vitamin D and calcium against breast cancer (08/12/2006)
• Supercentenarians—who are they? (08/21/2006)

July 2006

• Alpha lipoic acid completely prevents atherosclerosis in diabetic mice (07/29/2006)
• American Heart Association journal concludes majority of coronary events in older men may be preventable (07/04/2006)
• Calcium from supplements helps slow middle aged spread (07/01/2006)
• IOM estimates at least 15 million adverse drug events preventable (07/22/2006)
• Review finds current vitamin D recommendations insufficient to achieve healthy blood levels (07/08/2006)
• Studies associate omega 3 fatty acid intake with reduced risk of macular degeneration (07/11/2006)
• Study confirms CRP as strong predictor of death from coronary artery disease (07/25/2006)
• Study finds elevated homocysteine more than doubled heart attack risk in high risk patients (07/18/2006)
• Tocotrienol supplementation elevates blood levels sufficiently to help protect against neurologic damage (07/15/2006)

June 2006

• British journal warns that new American cholesterol recommendations are too low (06/06/2006)
• Encouraging news for couch potatoes (06/03/2006)
• Folic acid supplements shrink precancerous lesions (06/13/2006)
• Mechanism defined for calorie restrictions preventive benefit in Alzheimers disease (06/17/2006)
• Melatonin found in grapes (06/20/2006)
• Omega 3 fatty acids improve heart attack survival in rats (06/27/2006)
• Pilot study finds soy lowers PSA without reducing testosterone (06/24/2006)
• Vegetable lutein zeaxanthin and zinc intake linked with lower risk of non Hodgkin lymphoma (06/10/2006)

May 2006

• American Heart Association issues stroke prevention guidelines (05/06/2006)
• Cysteine recommended for digestive tract cancer prevention (05/23/2006)
• Exercise and restricted diet reduce colorectal polyps and improve survival in animal study (05/16/2006)
• Lifestyle changes improve cognitive function in just two weeks (05/31/2006)
• Melatonin improves SAD patients (05/02/2006)
• Prostate cancer grows more rapidly in selenoprotein deficient mice (05/13/2006)
• Vegetable compound fights hereditary cancers (05/20/2006)
• Vitamin E and melatonin help prevent cognitive deficits in diabetic rats (05/09/2006)

April 2006

• Brain cocktail proposed by MIT team (04/29/2006)
• Calcium supplements dont work if you dont take them (04/25/2006)
• Fish oil relieves neck and back pain (04/15/2006)
• Harvard study of professional men finds greater vitamin D levels protective against all cancers (04/04/2006)
• Higher folate and B12 intake associated with reduced breast cancer risk (04/18/2006)
• Higher levels of vitamin E may protect against frailty among older individuals (04/01/2006)
• Human calorie restriction study supports benefits demonstrated in other species (04/08/2006)
• Peripheral artery disease lower among those with greater vitamin E and plant oil intake (04/22/2006)
• Vitamin C levels correlate with fat oxidation (04/11/2006)

March 2006

• Another look at high dose vitamin C cancer therapy (03/28/2006)
• Beta carotene may protect against aging associated decline in lung function (03/25/2006)
• Drop in US and Canadian stroke mortality rate coincides with folic acid fortification (03/18/2006)
• More vitamin C means less inflammation (03/11/2006)
• Polyphenols fight periodontal disease (03/14/2006)
• Vitamin E succinate inhibits prostate tumor growth in laboratory studies (03/21/2006)

February 2006

• Diabetes epidemic threatens cardiovascular disease gains (02/28/2006)
• Ginkgo benefits more than the brain (02/25/2006)
• Herbal combo improves menopausal symptoms (02/21/2006)
• Older age associated with poor nutritional status (02/14/2006)
• Resveratrol extends lifespan of vertebrate (02/07/2006)
• Selenium supplementation associated with reduced colorectal cancer risk (02/04/2006)
• Study finds adherence to supplement regimen improves protection against fracture risk (02/18/2006)
• Vitamin D antimetastasis mechanism reported (02/11/2006)

January 2006

• Calorie restriction keeps its followers young at heart (01/14/2006)
• Curcumin and cruciferous vegetable compound help prevent treat prostate cancer in vivo (01/17/2006)
• Diet plus exercise reverses metabolic syndrome in three weeks (01/10/2006)
• Elevated homocysteine linked with macular degeneration risk (01/07/2006)
• Fish and omega 3s sometimes more is more (01/21/2006)
• Genistein promotes weight loss in menopausal mice (01/31/2006)
• Higher carotenoid and selenium levels associated with reduced risk of death over 5 year period (01/03/2006)
• Longitudinal study finds healthy diets associated with significantly fewer deaths over ten year period (01/24/2006)
• Meta analysis confirms vegetable fruit benefit in stroke prevention (01/28/2006)