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WASHINGTON: Call it Rogaine without the greasy mess. Scientists at pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. told the FDA today they can regrow hair on a barren pate ? with a pill...
...Brody rain on this pill-popping parade? "My major hope was to awaken the public to the fact that vitamins and other supplements are not always innocent," she says. "I'm often asked by people, 'Should I take this vitamin?' 'Am I taking enough of that?' Even 'Can I take vitamins instead of antibiotics...
...have a marked decrease in their risk of cancer. Those studies set off a beta-carotene craze and created a huge market for beta-carotene supplements. It wasn't until the late 1980s that researchers from Finland and the U.S. decided to test the proposition that beta-carotene in pill form could protect smokers from cancer. The results were not what they expected. As the researchers reported in 1994 and 1996, smokers who took the beta-carotene pills actually suffered an increase in cancer rates. "Those studies sent shock waves through the vitamin community," says Bonnie Liebman, director of nutrition...
...that you are shortchanged on a single nutrient, you have to know what the risks are," she says. "That may require a consultation with a professional nutritionist, not a conversation with your neighbor, a chiropractor or a health-food-store employee." Now if only common sense came in a pill...
...PATCH, NO CATCH Taking a pill may help smokers kick the habit. In a study, 25% of those who used the antidepressant bupropion quit smoking for at least a year--about the same success rate as the patch...