Health experts now recommend that women who are planning to become pregnant take a supplement of vitamin D as well as folic acid.
Holick has a solution--limited direct exposure to the sun--that infuriates many dermatologists worried about the skin cancer risk. (A far better idea, they say: Take a supplement.) In 2004 he published his book The UV Advantage, touting the benefits of sun exposure, and was kicked out of the BU dermatology department, where he previously held a joint appointment.
The letter said all pregnant and breastfeeding women should take a daily supplement containing 10 micrograms.
People aged 65 and over and people who are not exposed to much sun should also take a daily supplement containing 10 micrograms.
Having a vitamin deficiency (such as of calcium or magnesium) may be linked with teeth grinding, so it's important to follow a well-balanced, nutritious diet and take a multivitamin supplement if needed.
Last year, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended people age 65 or older who are considered at risk for falling and potentially breaking bones exercise and take a vitamin D supplement.
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"Don't take a high-dose supplement of any antioxidant during chemotherapy and during radiation because we don't know what the effects will be on your treatment, " he suggests.
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July 25, 2006 A new study finds women who take the hormone supplement testosterone to reduce menopausal symptoms are at increased risk of breast cancer.
Roberston envisions a world (and could profit from the realization of it) where octogenarians take a break from the golf course and plug ad copy into a website to optimize a businesses ad campaign and supplement retirement income.
Or as a third option, should society take from those earning more in order to supplement my lifestyle and subsidize the production of my bad poems?
The unemployed who turn age 62 are caught between a rock and a hard place: jobs are scarce but if they take their Social Security now to supplement their unemployment it will permanently reduce the benefit.
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And a much touted trial of Durham schoolchildren, in which all GCSE pupils were encouraged to take the supplement in the run up to exams last summer, seems to have been quietly forgotten.
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