Is It Right for Doctors to Sell Nutritional Supplements?
A percentage of doctors have begun selling vitamins and nutritional supplements as an ancillary service that they offer. Bioethicist Art Caplan says this is not necessarily a good move. (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - April 22, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
" Vitamin Sea " -- The Discovery Files
Once believed to be manufactured only by marine bacteria, a University of Washington research team has shown that a whole different class of organism can supply vitamin B-12 to the ocean. (Source: The Discovery Files)
Source: The Discovery Files - April 8, 2014 Category: Science Authors: National Science Foundation Source Type: podcasts
Weight Loss Surgery: Post-Operative Nutritional Guidelines
Registered dietician Debbie Petitpain talks about the nutritional needs of patients who have undergone weight loss surgery. She focuses on some of the dietary challenges faced by a patient after undergoing gastric bypass surgery. Ms. Petitpain lays out the general dietary guidelines post-operation, pointing to recommended vitamin and mineral supplements. (Source: MUSC Weight Loss Podcast)
Source: MUSC Weight Loss Podcast - April 6, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Medical Univeristy of South Carolina Source Type: podcasts
EU Food Supplements Directive Legal Challenge
Consumers practitioners retailers and innovative food supplement companies came together in 2003 under the umbrella of the Alliance for Natural Health to challenge the European Food Supplements Directive. This Directive set to affect over 30% of Europeans who regularly consume food supplements has the potential to ban some 75% of vitamin and mineral forms especially those found naturally in foods affecting around 5000 products in the UK alone. (Source: Health Ranger Report)
Source: Health Ranger Report - April 6, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: podcasts
Lupus: Vitamin D – An Environmental Factor
Dr. Diane Kamen, an expert in rheumatology, talks about her interest in studying and treating lupus. She explains the mechanism by which lupus causes related symptoms and describes research areas of particular importance. Dr. Kamen discusses the early role of investigators at MUSC in studying the connection between lupus and vitamin D deficiency amongst the Gullah community in South Carolina. She concludes this podcast with mention of current clinical research under way at MUSC. (Source: MUSC Bone and Joint Health (Orthopaedics) Podcast)
Source: MUSC Bone and Joint Health (Orthopaedics) Podcast - April 5, 2014 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Medical University of South Carolina Source Type: podcasts
Lupus: Vitamin D – An Environmental Factor
Dr. Diane Kamen, an expert in rheumatology, talks about her interest in studying and treating lupus. She explains the mechanism by which lupus causes related symptoms and describes research areas of particular importance. Dr. Kamen discusses the early role of investigators at MUSC in studying the connection between lupus and vitamin D deficiency amongst the Gullah community in South Carolina. She concludes this podcast with mention of current clinical research under way at MUSC. (Source: MUSC Dermatology Podcast)
Source: MUSC Dermatology Podcast - April 5, 2014 Category: Dermatology Authors: Medical Univeristy of South Carolina Source Type: podcasts
Vitamin C and Colds: The Bottom Line
A recent Cochrane review explores the use of vitamin C to both prevent and treat upper respiratory infections. (Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast - March 20, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Nature Podcast: 20 March 2014
This week, how a mother’s vitamin A deficiency impacts her baby’s immunity, why scientists are improvising, a new brain implant listens as well as talks to the brain, and the beginning of the Universe. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy (Source: Nature Podcast)
Source: Nature Podcast - March 19, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Nature Podcast: 20 March 2014
This week, how a mother’s vitamin A deficiency impacts her baby’s immunity, why scientists are improvising, a new brain implant listens as well as talks to the brain, and the beginning of the Universe. (Source: Nature Podcast)
Source: Nature Podcast - March 19, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Nature Publishing Group Source Type: podcasts
Nature Podcast: 20 March 2014
This week, how a mother ’s vitamin A deficiency impacts her baby’s immunity, why scientists are improvising, a new brain implant listens as well as talks to the brain, and the beginning of the Universe. (Source: Nature Podcast)
Source: Nature Podcast - March 19, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Nature Podcast: 20 March 2014
This week, how a mother’s vitamin A deficiency impacts her baby’s immunity, why scientists are improvising, a new brain implant listens as well as talks to the brain, and the beginning of the Universe. (Source: Nature Podcast)
Source: Nature Podcast - March 19, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Nature Publishing Group Source Type: podcasts
Supplement Risk Exposed by SELECT
A study that intended to test the protective benefits of selenium and vitamin E in prostate cancer instead has found increased risk. Dr. Gerald Chodak discusses the issues. (Source: Medscape Urology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Urology Podcast - March 3, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
