Safety concerns prompt US ban on dietary supplement

The 2015 US Dietary Guidelines: Lifting the Ban on Total Dietary Fat.

Methylsulfonylmethane: Applications and Safety of a Novel Dietary Supplement

Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) has become a popular dietary supplement used for a variety of purposes, including its most common use as an anti-inflammatory agent. It has been well-investigated in animal models, as well as in human clinical trials and experiments. A variety of health-specific outcome measures are improved with MSM supplementation, including inflammation, joint/muscle pain, oxidati...

Dietary supplement safety information in magazines popular among older readers.

Dietary supplements are extensively used in the United States, especially by people age 50 and over. Surveys have shown that magazines and other news media are an important source of information about nutrition and dietary supplements for the American public. It is uncertain, however, whether magazines provide their readers with adequate information about the safety aspects of supplement use. T...

Prevalence, Adverse Events, and Factors Associated with Dietary Supplement and Nutritional Supplement Use by US Navy and Marine Corps Personnel.

BACKGROUND About 50% of Americans and 60% to 70% of US military personnel use dietary supplements, some of which have been associated with adverse events (AEs). Nutritional supplements like sport drinks and sport bars/gels are also commonly used by athletes and service members. Previous dietary supplement and nutritional supplement surveys were conducted on Army, Air Force, and Coast Guard pers...

Dental Amalgam: Update on Safety Concerns

identify, in the general population, any human health detriments arising from the placement of dental amalgam restorations, and all concluded that amalgam was a safe and effective restorative material. This article reviews more recent studies on the safety of dental amalgams, with an emphasis on those that have been published since the 1993 report by the PHS Committee to Coordinate Environmenta...