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...blockages in the coronary vessels. ( But the proper treatment has proved elusive. Last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Dr. David Blankenhorn of the University of Southern California reported that patients who were treated with a combination of the anticholesterol drug colestipol and the vitamin niacin showed a marked improvement over those who had maintained a low-fat diet alone...
...Prime Minister typically rises at 6, after only five hours' sleep, and breakfasts on black coffee and vitamin pills. She often fixes simple meals for herself and Husband Denis, 72, a retired businessman and avid golfer. Thatcher's own favorite recreation appears to be reading briefing papers. She has groomed no obvious successor among the Tories, and remarked early in the campaign that she might "go on and on," perhaps seeking a fourth term. "What would she do if she weren't Prime Minister?" asks Tory Chairman Tebbit. "One doesn't see her retiring to gardening or making marmalade...
...okay, the intention of the project I worked on was to ascertain the effect of a Vitamin A-deficient diet on rats infected with the herpes simplex-one virus...
What is jammed up nostrils, supposedly provides a jolt, and isn't cocaine? Presenting Ener-B, an intranasal gel loaded with vitamin B12 and sold in health stores for $12 a twelve-dose box. Like '60s celebrities who swore by B12 shots, enthusiasts claim the new nose job supplies a burst of energy. Absurd, say experts, and the FDA is investigating. Most people have a five- year B12 supply stored in their livers; excess simply gets excreted. "If you buy this gel," sniffs Dr. Victor Herbert of Manhattan's Mount Sinai Medical Center, "you're going to have the most...
...discovered, the first few years of the infant's life are crucial. The greatest improvement among slow-learning or mentally retarded Fragile X children occurs when therapy begins early. Both Lancaster boys have undergone intensive speech, language, balance and coordination training, along with a more controversial treatment with the vitamin folic acid. The younger boy, now 8, seems to be calmer and more attentive than his ten-year-old brother, possibly because his treatment began earlier in life. "We've seen a lot of improvement," says Lancaster. "The boys are both in the Cub Scouts. I know there are people...