INTRODUCTION More than 25% of American adults report having 2 or more chronic conditions. People with chronic conditions often use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for self-care and disease management, despite a limited evidence base. METHODS Data from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) (n = 33,557) were analyzed to assess associations between presence of multiple ch...

This study aimed to quantify the association between adequacy of prenatal care and prevalence of folic acid, iron, and multivitamin intake during pregnancy. Data were obtained on socio-demographics, prenatal care, pregnancy complications, and use of vitamin/mineral supplements for 836 women, using a postpartum interview. Associations with the use of vitamin/mineral supplements were quantified w...

BACKGROUND Whether high-dose multivitamins are effective for secondary prevention of atherosclerotic disease is unknown. OBJECTIVE To assess whether oral multivitamins reduce cardiovascular events and are safe. DESIGN Double-blind, placebo-controlled, 2 x 2 factorial, multicenter, randomized trial. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00044213) SETTING: 134 U.S. and Canadian academic and clinical sites....

The viral infection (SARS-CoV-2) COVID-19 has played havoc on the health of human population globally. In late December 2019, first case was reported in Wuhan city, China. Its destructive effects like acute respiratory distress syndrome then began to be globally reported. Many treatment options such as remdesvir and dexamethasone were used treat reduce hospitalization rate among patients. Numer...

Since its inception in 1968, the San Francisco Drug Treatment Program, Inc., has responded to the mental and physical health needs of narcotic addicts. The search for safer, cost-effective detoxification alternatives grew from the controversial use of methadone and propoxyphene napsylate (Darvon N R) and has led to an exploration of nontraditional methods of detoxification which would address t...

Supplements for smoking-related lung diseases are considered as nonfood products and thought to improve health. Multivitamins antioxidants the most commonly dietary supplements used by cancer asthma patients. There currently no clear regulatory guidelines that include their effect on patients, particularly in smokers. Several countries have taken steps overcome challenges regulating marketplace...

When harvesting corn, corn silk was discarded as waste, including the compounds isolated and identified from such flavonoids, sterols, alkaloids, polysaccharides, organic acids, volatile oils, trace elements, multivitamins. It not only pollutes environment but also wastes resources. In this paper, extraction methods commonly used for extracting flavonoids were reviewed, reagent method, enzymati...