Word: vitaminized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Vitamin C to the rescue--again? Early findings suggest that one large dose (2 g) of vitamin C may help prevent or reduce the severity of an ASTHMA attack brought on by exercise...
...scientists have begun to do just that. A report published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine shows for the first time that the mental deterioration of Alzheimer's can be slowed significantly by two common drugs: vitamin E and selegiline, a compound used to treat Parkinson's disease. The two-year study conducted by the National Institute on Aging showed that normal doses of selegiline or high doses of vitamin E, both of which are antioxidants, slowed the rate of disability among patients with moderately severe Alzheimer's by an average of seven months. Neither drug reversed...
...Dole. If you are no longer making our laws, at least you are still leading in the areas we really care about. How many people really bother with balanced budgets and welfare bills in daily life? But how many people compare airline deals and daily allotments of Vitamin E? Mr. Dole, now you are truly making an impact on our country...
...predicts Washington University neuropathologist Dr. Leonard Berg, "is yet to come." Already researchers are rushing to develop compounds that take aim at the tau and beta-amyloid proteins. They are also re-examining existing drugs that may offer therapeutic pportunities. Some experts, for example, speculate that antioxidants such as vitamin E and anti-inflammatories such as ibuprofen could help shield neurons from chemical damage. Others have seized on tantalizing hints that the female hormone estrogen may delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease in postmenopausal women. Estrogen appears to foster the brain's health by, among other things, spurring...
...OSTEOARTHRITIS of the knee, one of the most common forms of disabling arthritis, is much more likely to progress in people who get less than about 200 IUs of vitamin D daily. But using supplements can be risky; in large doses the vitamin is toxic...