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Concurrent use of supplements and prescription medicine is particularly dangerous for high-risk patients, such as those with liver or kidney disease, who are less capable of metabolizing non-vitamin dietary supplements...
...dinner party, breezily suggested to a friend, retired pathologist Eugene Foster, that DNA tests might show whether Thomas Jefferson fathered children with his slave Sally Hemings--which prompted Foster and a team of scientists to investigate and make world news by confirming a familial connection; of kidney failure; in Arlington, Va. The Foster team found that a male Jefferson, probably Thomas, had fathered at least one of Hemings' children. But the finding pre-empted Bennett's plans for a book on the topic--and ended her friendship with Foster...
...intestine, causing it to malfunction and disgorge its contents in watery (or bloody) stools. The fluid loss leads to dehydration, marked by dizziness, dry or sticky[an error occurred while processing this directive] mouth, less and darker urine, sunken eyes and weight loss. Severe dehydration can lead to shock, kidney failure and death. Rehydration Oral rehydration solution (ORS) can reverse most cases of dehydration if given quickly. It can be made from one teaspoon of salt and eight teaspoons of sugar dissolved in a liter of water then administered gradually - at a cost of literally pennies per child. The Mechanism...
...other disorder in humans," writes Dr. Brent Bauer, the Mayo Clinic's alternative-medicine specialist. Mangosteens contain antioxidants called xanthones that have been shown to stop certain bacteria and fungi in lab tests. Yet independent-distributor sites claim the juice helps everything from Alzheimer's disease to kidney stones. XanGo's Morton concedes that wild claims are being made. "With 600,000 distributors, some stuff gets past our compliance [measures]," he says. "Overpromising and underdelivering is a problem in any company, from painting houses to selling cars...
...Asia already supplement crazy, U.S. companies believe that China is a natural market for their goods, many of which are derived, after all, from Asian herbs and plants. Consider the buzz in holistic-healing circles around Himalayan goji berries, used in Tibet for nearly 2,000 years to treat kidney problems, allergies, diabetes and tuberculosis. At least that's according to the marketing materials of Timpanogos Nursery, a farm growing goji berries--in Utah. The mangosteen may have met its match...