Recent news on Selenium Supplements

Multi Vitamin Supplements May Increase Risk Of Cancer  -  May 18, 2007
NEWSPost India,...a week faced a 5.8 times higher risk of fatal prostate cancer compared to those who did not take selenium supplements, Medpage Today reports.

Selenium supplements help fight HIV  -  May 7, 2007
NDTV.com,The University of Miami found a lower HIV viral load in patients who took selenium supplements for nine months. Selenium is a mineral whose antioxidant

Selenium, effective treatment for HIV?  -  May 10, 2007
Nigerian Tribune,A new study is given some hope on selenium supplements to help block the build up of HIV in a patient’s blood. Selenium deficiencies have been recorded in

Selenium pills 'may combat HIV'  -  May 6, 2007
PakTribune.com,ISLAMABAD: Taking daily selenium supplements may block the build up of HIV in a patient's blood, research suggests. The University of Miami found a lower

Selenium pills 'may combat HIV'  -  May 5, 2007
BBC News,..."This research is more encouraging and suggests that selenium supplements may be useful in addition to traditional combination therapy.

How To Enhance Male Fertility - Male fertility Enhancers  -  May 17, 2007
American Chronicle,Selenium supplements are also said to play an important role in increasing male fertility. Alternative treatments such as acupuncture are said to help as

No Effect of Regular Multivitamin Use on Prostate Cancer, but High...  -  May 18, 2007
Medscape (subscription)Examination of individual vitamin type showed that selenium supplements use with multivitamins was associated with a statistically significant 37% increase

Daily intake of Selenium may help block HIV build up  -  May 7, 2007
DailyIndia.com,London, May 7: A new study has found that a daily intake of Selenium supplements may help block the build up of HIV in a patient's blood.

Africa: Selenium Pills May Check HIV  -  May 9, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Researchers in America have discovered that daily use of selenium supplements may suppress the progression of HIV, especially the amount of active virus

Selenium Pills Could Block HIV  -  May 9, 2007
ShortNews.com,The University of Miami has announced that they have found selenium supplements could work to block the build up of HIV in a sufferer's blood.

Selenium may suppress HIV progression  -  May 8, 2007
Healthcare Republic (press release),Researchers from the University of Miami have found that taking selenium supplements may contribute to a reduction in HIV viral load.

A Selenium Surprise  -  May 4, 2007
HealthandAge.comSelenium supplements should not be taken to prevent diabetes, unless there is a clearly demonstrated deficiency. And that is rare in the USA , especially if

Rants & Raves  -  May 9, 2007
Daily - University of Washington,Research at the University of Miami indicates that selenium supplements may lower levels of HIV in the blood of afflicted patients.

Australia adopts NZ nutrient levels  -  Apr 24, 2007
NutraIngredients.com,By Stephen Daniells. 24/04/2007 - A joint agency agreement between Australia and New Zealand edged closer after Australia moved to adopt New Zealand limits

Radiotracers select respiratory selenoproteins  -  27 Mar 2007
separationsNOW.com (subscription),As with many other elements, while selenium is essential for good health, too much is toxic, so prescribed selenium supplements must be carefully controlled

Some Antioxidant Vitamin Supplements may Increase Death Risk ...  -  Feb 28, 2007
Best Syndication,There did not seem to be an increase risk of mortality for those who took vitamin C or selenium supplements. The researchers think that selenium may

Selenium may protect against cardiovascular disease  -  Feb 25, 2007
Food Consumer,Taking selenium supplements may help reduce the risk of heart disease as a small human study shows that the antioxidative element protects against oxidation

Beta Carotene, Vitamin A and Vitamin E Supplements May Increase ...  -  Mar 13, 2007
Cancer Consultants (press release),Researchers affiliated with the Cochrane Hepato-Billary Group have reported that treatment with beta carotene, vitamin A, and vitamin E may increase

Antioxidant Supplements Raise Death Risk  -  Feb 27, 2007
CBS News,Selenium supplements tended to very slightly reduce risk of death. Oxidative stress — caused by highly reactive "free radical" compounds circulating in the

Antioxidant pills may bring harm, not benefit  -  Mar 1, 2007
HealthandAge.comThere was no increased risk of mortality with vitamin C. There was a tendency for selenium supplements to decrease mortality - a relationship worthy of

The vitamin that could kill  -  Feb 27, 2007
The Sun,He said that vitamin C made no difference to death rates and selenium supplements may have increased survival slightly. The scientists believe prolonged use

Vitamins may increase risk of death - study  -  Feb 27, 2007
The Australian,POPULAR vitamin supplements developed to prevent disease may actually increase the risk of death, a landmark international study has found.

Selenium may protect against cardiovascular disease  -  25 Feb 2007
Food Consumer,Taking selenium supplements may help reduce the risk of heart disease as a small human study shows that the antioxidative element protects against oxidation

Selenium supplements could slow age-related cognitive decline  -  Feb 2, 2007
NutraIngredients-usa.com,The European market for selenium supplements is estimated to be worth around €40m. This suggests that there is potential for food makers if they can improve

Selenium Supplements May Slow Progression of HIV: Report  -  Jan 27, 2007
MedIndia,University of Miami researchers report that supplements of the mineral selenium appear to reduce or slow the progression of HIV.

Daily Intake of Selenium Supplement Can Slow Down HIV  -  Jan 29, 2007
Nutrition horizon (press release),In the trial 262 male and female patients with HIV were randomly assigned to take a prescription of either 200 micrograms of selenium supplements (as a

Selenium may protect against artery furring  -  Feb 20, 2007
NutraIngredients-usa.com,2/20/2007 - Selenium supplements may reduce the risk of heart disease by inhibiting the oxidation of LDL ("bad") cholesterol, suggests a small study from

Selenium May Impede Mental Decline as We Age – French Study  -  Feb 6, 2007
FitcommerceThe ability of selenium supplements to protect against the loss of cognitive function in the elderly needs to be evaluated in a large clinical trial,

Selenium reduces prostate cancer risk in men taking extra vitamin E  -  Feb 6, 2007
News-Medical.net,...serum selenium and prostate cancer and the results do not suggest that taking selenium supplements would or would not reduce risk of prostate cancer.

Serum selenium may lower prostate cancer risk in some men  -  Feb 5, 2007
Food Consumer,Nor did the results suggest that taking selenium supplements would or would not reduce risk of prostate cancer. Regardless, selenium is recognized as an

Supplement: Multivitamin/Mineral Supplements and Chronic Disease ...  -  Jan 5, 2007
Am J Clin Nutr (subscription),The Linxian trial documented that supplementation with combined ß-carotene, vitamin E and selenium supplements at doses 1 to 2 times the United States

Peter Greenwald , Darrell Anderson , Stefanie A Nelson and Philip ...  -  Jan 5, 2007
Am J Clin Nutr (subscription),2 Presented at the conference "Multivitamin/Mineral Supplements and Chronic Disease Prevention," held at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD,

A week's worth of science news, Dec. 3  -  Dec 3, 2006
Toronto Star,That's the theory being tested right now in clinical trials, with villagers in Bangladesh taking selenium supplements. This summer George and Pickering will

Saskatoon holds key to arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh  -  Nov 28, 2006
Canada.com,Now, they're involved in a clinical trial where Bangladeshis with arsenic poisoning will take selenium supplements to see if it combats their illness.

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