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Fish Oil Supplementation Doesn’t Cut Inflammatory Markers

Supplementation with EPA+DHA doesn't reduce markers of inflammation in healthy adults
Men's health supplements offer no benefit for patients with localized prostate cancer

ASTRO: Men’s Health Supplements No Use in Prostate CA

No reduction in risk of distant metastasis, cancer-related deaths, radiation-linked adverse effects
Every year about 23

About 23,000 ER Visits/Year for Supplement-Linked Side Effects

Visits often involve adults aged 20 to 34 years and unsupervised children
Extra calcium may not protect aging bones after all. The findings appear online in two reviews published online Sept. 29 in The BMJ.

Calcium Supplements May Not Benefit Bone Health

Researchers find no evidence that increasing intake will prevent fractures
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has found that current evidence is insufficient for weighing the benefits and harms of iron deficiency screening and routine iron supplementation in pregnancy. These findings form the basis of a final recommendation statement published online Sept. 8 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

USPSTF: Evidence Lacking for Iron Deficiency Anemia Screening

Insufficient evidence for screening and routine iron supplementation in pregnancy
Neither exercise nor supplements such as omega-3 fatty acids seem to preserve cognitive function in the elderly

Exercise, Supplements Don’t Help Preserve Cognition in Elderly

Two trials cast doubt on these widely touted strategies
Iodine supplementation is potentially cost saving for pregnant women in the United Kingdom

Iodine Supplementation in Pregnancy Cost Saving in U.K.

In offspring cohort, estimated discounted lifetime value of one additional IQ point was £3,297
Use of legal appearance- and performance-enhancing drugs is increasing among men

APA: Use of Legal Performance-Enhancing Drugs Up Among Men

Forty percent of men report increase in use of supplements; 29 percent concerned about use
Cranberry juice capsules reduce the rate of urinary tract infection in women undergoing elective benign gynecological surgery involving urinary catheterization

Cranberry Juice Capsules Cut UTI Risk After Gynecological Surgery

Findings for women undergoing elective gynecologic surgery involving urinary catheterization
Upon hospital admission

Lack of Consistent Supplement Use Documentation for Inpatients

While more than half of patients used prior to hospitalization, most were not asked upon admission