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Supplements: Do They Help, or Hurt?

By PJ Hamel, Health Guide Tuesday, August 14, 2012
A typical healthy person might unthinkingly pop a daily multivitamin as a matter of course. But cancer survivors often react to their diagnosis by searching out every vitamin, mineral, or herb that might possibly “help” fight cancer – or temper the side effects of treatment. Can sup...
Phyllis Johnson, Health Guide
8/15/12 6:44am

PJ, thanks for the most detailed list I have seen of which supplements to avoid.  This is a good reminder of how important it is to discuss every vitamin and supplement with our doctors.  Each of us has a different medical history and new research is going to be coming out on this topic, so we should never assume that a herb or vitamin is the right one for us unless our doctor gives it the OK. 

By PJ Hamel, Health Guide— Last Modified: 08/15/12, First Published: 08/14/12