New research shows pine bark extract balances stress hormones norepinephrine and dopamine.
Hundreds of thousands of children each year get diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), putting parents in a quandary with regard to treatment options. A new study reveals that Pycnogenol, (pic-noj-en-all), an antioxidant plant extract from the bark of the French maritime pine […]

Results with NAC are encouraging for other addictions as well.
University of Minnesota - Researchers have discovered that a common amino acid, N-acetyl cysteine (N-A-C, or NAC) available as a health food supplement, may help decrease pathological gamblers’ addictive behaviors.
In a recent eight-week trial, 27 people were given increasing doses of the amino acid, N-acetyl cysteine, […]

Good antioxidant effect of vitamin E on bad LDL cholesterol offset by shrinking HDL particle size.
SFBR - Conflicting reports about the potential heart benefits of dietary supplements such as vitamin E can make a person’s head spin. Some human studies have shown this antioxidant to play a protective role in cardiovascular disease, while other studies […]

American Academy of Neurology - A Mediterranean diet may help people with Alzheimer’s disease live longer than patients who eat a more traditional Western diet. The dietary study is published in the September 11, 2007 issue of Neurology.
The study followed 192 people with Alzheimer’s disease in New York for an average of four and a […]

American Medical Association - People who take vitamin D supplements appear to have a lower risk of death from any cause over an average follow-up time of six-years, according to a meta-analysis of 18 previously published studies in the September 10, 2007 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Past studies have […]

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Vitamin D deficiency early in pregnancy is associated with a five-fold increased risk of preeclampsia (toxemia), even in women who report taking prenatal vitamins during pregnancy, according to a NIH-funded study reported this week in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
A serious complication of pregnancy marked by soaring […]