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October 2007 - Volume 1, Issue 02
In this issue...
- When good cholesterol goes bad
- Vitamin D supplements may lengthen life
- Heavy multivitamin use may raise prostate cancer risk
- Study doubts antioxidant benefits for heart risk women
- Neurological manifestations of copper deficiency
- Fructose intake and its correlation with LDL particle size in children
CLINICAL UPDATE - When good cholesterol goes bad
(Proceedings from the 234th American Chemical Society Meeting, August 2007)
Link to ABSTRACT: Mass spectrometric approaches for the analysis of dysfunctional HDL
CLINICAL UPDATE -vitamin d supplements may lengthen life
They could fight cancer and heart disease, researchers say
(Archives of Internal Medicine, September 2007)
Link to ABSTRACT: Vitamin D supplementation and total mortality: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
CLINICAL UPDATE - heavy multivitamin use may raise prostate cancer risk
Odds rose 32% for men taking more than a pill a day, study found
(Journal of the National Cancer Institute, May 2007)
(Cancer Causes and Control, August 2005)
Link to ABSTRACT: Multivitamin use and risk of prostate cancer in the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study
Link to ABSTRACT: Use of multivitamins and prostate cancer mortality in a large cohort of US men
CLINICAL UPDATE - study doubts antioxidant benefits for heart risk women
No substitute for conventional medicines for a healthy lifestyle, study finds
(Archives of Internal Medicine, August 2007)
Link to ABSTRACT: A randomized factorial trial of vitamins C and E and beta carotene in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular events in women - results from the Women's Antioxidant Cardiovascular Study
CLINICAL UPDATE - neurological manifestations of copper deficiency
(Mayo Clinic Proceedings, October 2006)
Link to ABSTRACT: Copper deficiency myelopathy (human swayback)
CLINICAL UPDATE - fructose intake and its correlation with ldl particle size in children
(American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, October 2007)
Link to ABSTRACT: Fructose intake is a predictor of LDL particle size in overweight schoolchildren
