THE FOSAMAX FRAUD

This just in from Dr. Whitaker’s Health & Healing Newsletter:June 2000 Vol. 10, No. 6The Fosamax FraudFosamax (alendronate), the leading drug for osteoporosis, generated $775 million in sales in 1998. But other than the drug’s manufacturer, Merck...

FOLIC ACID & WOMEN’S HEALTH

Folate is Challenging Calcium as the Women’s Wonder Nutrient May 26, 2000 Latest Folate Findings Are Published in the Journal of Nutrition’s June Issue GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 25 /PRNewswire/ — As the nutrient for women, calcium ruled the late 1990s....

BEER FOR HEART HEALTH?

MAY 24, 2000 We know it may sound like a hoax, but new research indicates that drinking beer may be good for your heart. Appearing in the latest volume of the esteemed British Medical Journal, the sudsy findings constitute preliminary research into potentially...

VITAMIN K & BONE HEALTH

More evidence that vitamin K helps maintain strong bones comes from a new look at data from 888 elderly men and women participating in the Framingham Heart Study between 1988 to 1995. The study is reported in the May issue of the American Journal of Clinical...

VITAMIN E — CARDIOLOGISTS FAVORITE

ITHACA, New York, May 23 /PRNewswire/ via NewsEdge Corporation – More cardiologists take Vitamin E supplements to protect their hearts than any other “common antioxidant vitamin,” a special report by Cornell University’s Weill Medical College...