CLINICAL UPDATES
from SpectraCell Laboratories, Inc.

Volume 2007, Issue 01 - September 2007

In this issue...

• Folic acid reduces stroke risk
• Vitamin D and calcium reduces cancer risk
• Estrogen may lower women’s heart risk
• Coenzyme Q backs heart health claims
• Study finds higher levels omega 3 and Vitamin D cut risk of macular degeneration

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CLINICAL UPDATE - Folic acid reduces stroke risk
Folic acid supplementation is best known as a means of protecting unborn children against birth defects, but research suggests that it could also be beneficial to adults and significantly reduce their risk of suffering a stroke.
(Lancet, June 2007)
Link to NEWS SUMMARY
Link to ABSTRACT: Efficacy of folic acid supplementation in stroke prevention: a meta-analysis.

CLINICAL UPDATE – Vitamin D and calcium reduces cancer risk
Women who took nearly 3 times the recommended amount reduced risk by 60%
(American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, June 2007)
Link to NEWS SUMMARY
Link to ABSTRACT: Vitamin D and calcium supplementation reduces cancer risk: results of a randomized trial.
Link to ABSTRACT: Intakes of calcium and vitamin D and breast cancer risk in women.

CLINICAL UPDATE – Estrogen may lower women’s heart risk
Findings differ from prior HRT study involving those over 60.
(New England Journal of Medicine, June 2007)
Link to NEWS SUMMARY
Link to ABSTRACT: Estrogen therapy and coronary-artery calcification

CLINICAL UPDATE – Coenzyme Q study backs heart health claims
(Europe Heart Journal, July 2007)
Link to NEWS SUMMARY
Link to ABSTRACT: Effect of coenzyme Q10 administration on endothelial function and extracellular superoxide dismutase in patients with ischaemic heart disease: a double-blind, randomized
controlled study.

CLINICAL UPDATE – Study finds higher levels omega 3 and Vitamin D cut risk of macular degeneration
(Archives of Ophthamology, May 2007)
Link to NEWS SUMMARY
Link to ABSTRACT: Association between vitamin D and age-related macular degeneration in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988 through 1994
Link to ABSTRACT: The relationship of dietary lipid intake and age-related macular degeneration in a case-control study: AREDS Report No. 20.