Healthful Newsletters from Carlson Laboratories

Winter 2005

AMERICANS NEED PROTECTION

Adverse Drug Event Reports (ADR)


A report in the July 1, 2005 issue of the American Society of Health – System Pharmacists reports that ADRs (caused by drug overdose and other errors) cost the nation approximately 76.6 to 177.4 billion... Continue Reading

Dietary Supplement - Related Adverse Events (DSAE)

The July 15, 2005 issue of the same Society's Journal states that an estimate of 100.4 million Americans were using vitamin and mineral supplements every day in the year 2000. They relate 22,929 DSAEs were reported in 2002.

The data on a... Continue Reading
Dry Eye Syndrome

A study of the dietary intake and ratio of Omega-3 to Omega-6 fatty acids in the diets of 1,546 women reporting DES were compared to the ratios of these fatty acids in the diets of women without DES.

The information was taken from 39,876 women who participated in the Women's Health Study.

The source of the... Continue Reading

Fish Oil (& GLA) Helps ADHA & Awkward Kids

A child who is clumsy and awkward may be prone to injury, ridicule and lowered self-esteem. This condition is referred to as Developmental Coordination Disorder and is reported to affect approximately 5% of school-aged children.

Children affected by Developmental Coordination Disorder very often have difficulties learning.... Continue Reading

Fish Oil, Co-Q10 &Carnitine Improve Visual Function in Early AMD
Researchers in Italy conducted a placebo-controlled trial to analyze the effect of 530 mg of Omega-3 from fish oil, 10 mg Co-Q10 and 100 mg carnitine on 106 patients with early Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD). After 12 months of treatment, visual function improved significantly in the active group, with a slight loss of visual function... Continue Reading
Low Vitamin D Levels and Heart Disease

Vitamin D deficiency is a known risk factor for osteoporosis, cancer, type 1 diabetes and hypertension. Although strongly hypothesized, a direct association between vitamin D deficiency and ischemic (a decrease in the blood supply to a bodily organ, tissue, or part caused by constriction or... Continue Reading

New Proposed Adverse Events Protection Bill

After reviewing the above two reports, Representative Susan Davis (D-CA), Henry Waxman (D-CA) and John Dingell (D-MI) decided to introduce H.R. Bill #3156 called “The Dietary Supplement Access and Awareness Act (DSAA)” to protect America from dietary supplements.

The National Nutritional Foods Association (www.nnfa.org) explains... Continue Reading

Nurses Health Study Shows Vitamins May Help to Reduce Cataracts

Researchers analyzed data collected from 408 Boston-area women who completed food frequency questionnaires during the Nurses Health Study. The goal of this analysis was to investigate possible associations between vitamin intake and vision loss. The results of this study suggest that long-term... Continue Reading

Vitamin D and Calcium Reduce Premenstrual Syndrome

Calcium and vitamin D may help reduce the likelihood of premenstrual syndrome. Researchers reviewed diet surveys of thousands of nurses aged 27 to 44 years, including 1,057 women who developed PMS over 10 years of follow-up and 1,968 women who did not report having PMS. Women with higher intake... Continue Reading

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