CLINICAL UPDATES
from SpectraCell Laboratories, Inc.
Volume 2007, Issue 02 - October 2007In this issue...
- When Good Cholesterol Goes Bad
- Vitamin D Supplements May Lengthen Life
- Heavy Multivitamin Use May Raise Prostate Cancer Risk
- Study Doubts Antioxidant Benefits for Heart Risk Women
- Neurological Manifestations of Copper Deficiency
- Fructose Intake and its Correlation with LDL Particle Size in Children
CLINICAL UPDATE - When Good Cholesterol Goes Bad
HDL analysis uncovers a dark side, but also a new way it fights heart disease
(Proceedings from the 234th American Chemical Society Meeting, August 2007)
Link to NEW SUMMARY
Link to ABSTRACT Mass spectrometric approaches for the analysis of dysfunctional HDL
CLINICAL UDPATE – Vitamin D Supplements May Lengthen Life
They could fight cancer and heart disease, researchers say
(Archives of Internal Medicine, September 2007)
Link to NEWS SUMMARY
Link to ABSTRACT Vitamin D supplementation and total mortality: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
CLINICAL UDPATE – Heavy Multivitamin Use May Raise Prostate Cancer Risk
Odds rose 32% for men taking more than a pill a day, study found
(Journal of the National Cancer Institute, May 2007)
(Cancer Causes and Control, August 2005)
Link to NEWS SUMMARY
Link to ABSTRACT Multivitamin use and riks of prostate cancer in the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study
Link to ABSTRACT Use of multivitamins and prostate cancer mortality in a large cohort of US men
CLINICAL UDPATE – Study Doubts Antioxidant Benefits for Heart Risk Women
No substitute for conventional medicines or a healthy lifestyle, study finds
(Archives of Internal Medicine, August 2007)
Link to NEWS SUMMARY
Link to ABSTRACT A Randomized Factorial Trial of Vitamins C and E and Beta Carotene in the Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Women – Results From the Women's Antioxidant Cardiovascular Study
CLINICAL UPDATE – Neurological Manifestations of Copper Deficiency
(Mayo Clinic Proceedings, October 2006)
Link to ABSTRACT Copper deficiency myelopathy (human swayback)
CLINICAL UDPATE – Fructose Intake and its Correlation with LDL Particle Size in Children
(American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, October 2007)
Link to ABSTRACT Fructose intake is a predictor of LDL particle size in overweight schoolchildren
