VITAMINS MAY CUT PREGNANCY PROBLEM

Antioxidants may control dangerous blood pressure By Colette Bouchez HealthScout Reporter TUESDAY, May 1 (HealthScout) — If you’re pregnant, keeping your body high in antioxidants may help you avoid a condition where your blood pressure rises rapidly and...

SOY FAILS TO HELP MENOPAUSE

Soy Supplements Fail to Help Menopause Symptoms Supplements that contain concentrated phytoestrogens — plant-based estrogens found in soy — do not appear to improve mood, memory or menopause symptoms in women over age 45. Some studies had suggested that a...

VITAMIN C IMPROVES CORONARY ARTERIES

Vitamin C Improves Blood Vessels Patients With Coronary Artery Disease Long-term administration of vitamin C reverses endothelial vasomotor dysfunction in patients with coronary artery disease. Researchers took patients with documented coronary artery disease to take...

VITAMIN E MAY HELP HOT FLASHES

Vitamin E is one of only a handful of remedies that may provide some relief for breast cancer survivors who suffer hot flashes, according to experts from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Estrogen relieves hot flashes in most women, but concerns remain over its...

NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES MAKES FLU MORE HARMFUL

April 30, 2001 (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Missing nutritional elements from your diet could cause a case of the flu to wreak more damage. Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found an insufficient amount of the mineral selenium can...