Chromium picolinate supplementation attenuates body weight gain and increases insulin sensitivity in subjects with type 2 diabetes. Martin J et al. Diabetes Care. 2006;29:1826-32. 37 subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus receiving sulfonylurea therapy...

Obese or overweight patients lose about the same amount of weight after a year whether they follow a low-carbohydrate (LC) or low-fat (LF) diet, but those following the LF diet had greater improvement on measures of mood, a new study has found. "Even...

The Facts: * 262 men and women with HIV-1 received high selenium yeast supplementation (200 µg/day) for 9 months in addition to an antiretroviral regimen. * Supplementation led to an increase in serum selenium levels which were in turn associated with...

From the UK Daily Telegraph... The NHS spends around £4 million a year on dispensing homeopathy to patients. But the total amounts to considerably more: for example, more than £20 million was spent refurbishing the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital,...

Inadequate levels of vitamin D are associated with an increase in the risk of cardiovascular disease and death, a new observational study has found. Dr Tami L Bair (Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT) reported the findings here at the American...