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Vitamin E is a nutrient that the body needs in small amounts to function and stay healthy. Vitamin E helps prevent cell damage caused by free radicals (highly reactive chemicals). It is fat-soluble (can dissolve in fats and oils) and is found in seeds, nuts, leafy vegetables, and vegetable oils. Not enough vitamin E can result in infertility (the inability to produce children). It is being studied in the prevention and treatment of some types of cancer. Vitamin E is a type of antioxidant.

Study evaluated the ability of vitamin E and Aricept, to delay the progression of mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease

Researchers in the neurology department in the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson participated in a study that evaluated the ability of vitamin E and donepezil hydrochloride, marketed as Aricept, to delay the progression of mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease.

2 Aug 2004

Joint inflammation

Members of the baby boomer generation are beginning to reach their 50s and 60s and seniors are living longer than ever, causing a large influx of older men and women in our society.

2 Aug 2004

Organic tomatoes have higher levels of vitamin C

In her study of organic and conventionally grown tomatoes, Alyson Mitchell, a food chemist at University of California at Davis, found organic tomatoes had higher levels of secondary plant metabolites and higher levels of vitamin C.

26 Jul 2004

Donepezil may have short-term benefit for mild cognitive impairment

People with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) taking the drug donepezil were at reduced risk of progressing to Alzheimer's disease (AD) for the first 18 months of a 3-year study when compared with their counterparts on placebo

26 Jul 2004

Women with epilepsy may wonder what their chances are of having a healthy baby

Women with epilepsy may wonder what their chances are of having a healthy baby. They can relax with the knowledge that their chances of having a normal, healthy child are greater than 90 percent.

23 Jul 2004

Donepezil may have short-term benefit for mild cognitive impairment

21 Jul 2004

Mustard greens, cabbages, broccoli, cauliflower and brussels sprouts help to preserve cognitive abilities in ageing women

Harvard Medical School researchers have found that women who eat lots of mustard greens, cabbages, broccoli, cauliflower or brussels sprouts in middle age preserved more of their cognitive abilities as they entered their 70s.

20 Jul 2004

Drug slows the progression of mild cognitive impairment

For the first time, a drug appears to have a slowing effect - though limited - on the progression from mild cognitive impairment, a memory disorder considered a strong early predictor of Alzheimer’s disease, to Alzheimer’s.

19 Jul 2004

Dietary niacin may protect against the development of Alzheimer's disease

Dietary niacin (vitamin B3 ) may protect against the development of Alzheimer's disease and the cognitive decline associated with ageing in older people, suggests research in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.

15 Jul 2004

British people should get out in the sun and not cover up for health reasons

British health is being put at risk by government policy that discourages sunbathing and promotes use of sunblock products. The cost of disease caused by insufficient exposure to sunlight and consequent deficiency of vitamin D is estimated to be billions of pounds per year in Britain.

5 Jul 2004

New educational campaign on celiac disease

The Children's Digestive Health and Nutrition Foundation (CDHNF) with the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) today announced the launch of a new educational campaign on celiac disease

30 Jun 2004

Women delay AIDS with vitamins B, C and E

Daily intake of multivitamins appears to delay the progress of the AIDS virus according to the results of a study of HIV infected women in Tanzania by Harvard researchers.

30 Jun 2004

$In Australia hip fracture numbers are expected to double over 29 years and quadruple in 56 years$

In Australia hip fracture numbers are expected to double over 29 years and quadruple in 56 years

Hip fracture rates are falling among older people but hospital admissions are rising despite the apparent success of prevention programs due to Australia’s aging population, says research in the Medical Journal of Australia.

30 Jun 2004

Natural vitamin E healthier than vitamin E supplements

Vitamin E in foods may offer more health benefits than vitamin E supplements.

29 Jun 2004

Blood hormone may be key to appetite suppression and obesity control

How the body naturally regulates appetite through the presence of a blood hormone may offer the prospect of a safer and more effective method of weight control, according to Dr. Leonard Firestone of Manhattan Pharmaceuticals.

28 Jun 2004

New York man jailed for selling fake cancer cure

Jason Vale, president of the New York-based Christian Brothers Contracting Corp., was sentenced on June 18, 2004 to 63 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release by a United States District Court in the Eastern District of New York.

23 Jun 2004

Line-dancing stamps out osteoporosis

Line-dance classes are helping a Griffith University student from the School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science in her quest to stamp out osteoporosis.

21 Jun 2004

$Hip fractures – less common but more numerous in an ageing nation$