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Health Minutes - 29 December 2008
Italian research has found fish oil is good for a failing heart.
Health: Healthy Living - 29 July 2008
Taking vitamin supplements can be useful – but which ones and when?
Health Minutes - 09 June 2008
A large study of people with risk factors for coronary heart disease has found that taking vitamins made no difference.
Health: Talking Health - 19 March 2008
Do you chomp on carrots to keep night blindness at bay?
Health: Talking Health - 14 November 2007
What was your experience? Do mozzies love or loathe you?
Health Minutes - 13 November 2007
Do antioxidants help macular degeneration? A study shows they have no real benefit.
Health Minutes - 09 October 2007
There's a theory that antioxidants might prevent preeclampsia. But Adelaide researchers found no protection for mother or baby with Vitamins C and E, and in fact women taking the vitamins were more likely to develop high blood pressure.
Health Minutes - 02 July 2007
People taking folate may be at increased risk of bowel polyps and of prostate cancer.
Health: Features - 17 May 2007
Reaching for a vitamin or mineral supplement can seem like a quick and easy way to ensure health and vitality. But is it really?
Health: The Pulse - 01 March 2007
Some vitamin supplements can increase your risk of death, say Danish researchers.
Health Minutes - 08 January 2007
There's a theory that antioxidants might prevent preeclampsia. But Adelaide researchers found no protection for mother or baby with Vitamins C and E, and in fact women taking the vitamins were more likely to develop high blood pressure.
Health: The Pulse - 20 September 2006
One person in two takes a vitamin supplement from time to time - but there's little evidence that they do much good.
Health Minutes - 03 July 2006
The evidence suggests that taking B vitamins won't fail to arrest cognitive decline in older people.
Health Minutes - 11 May 2006
There's a theory that antioxidants might prevent preeclampsia. But Adelaide researchers found no protection for mother or baby with Vitamins C and E, and in fact women taking the vitamins were more likely to develop high blood pressure.
Health Minutes - 03 April 2006
A trial of nearly 40,000 healthy women has given another thumbs down to vitamin E supplements as a treatment for the prevention of cancer and heart disease.
Health: The Pulse - 03 November 2005
Iodine deficiency is emerging again as a public health problem - especially in pregnant and breastfeeding women, in whom it can cause brain damage in the developing foetus or infant.
Health: The Pulse - 07 July 2005
Sunlight causes skin cancer - but we also need it for Vitamin D, to prevent bone disease. Studies suggest many Australians aren't getting enough.
Health Minutes - 02 July 2003
Researchers have found that taking vitmain E doesn't reduce (and that taking beta carotene actually incerases) the risk of death from heart disease and stroke.
Health Minutes - 12 June 2003
A study shows that the antioxidant beta-carotene increases the risk of lung cancer and diminishes the anti-cancer effect of eating fruit and vegetables.
Health Minutes - 04 June 2002
Research into the transportation of Vitamin C to organs including the brain in mice, might lead to identifying a role for the vitamin in the care of premature babies.
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