B-vitamins may slow onset of Alzheimer's (15/09/2011)

From The Guardian 13 September 2011

Large doses of B-vitamins could slow the cognitive decline in older people that is the precursor to dementias such as Alzheimer's disease, according to a study.
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Manuka honey may fight superbugs (15/04/2011)

From The Independent 14 April 2011

Manuka honey, derived from honeybees in New Zealand, might be the next medical weapon against chronically infected wounds and even "superbugs," bacteria resistant to antibiotics, according to new research...
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Benefits of Zinc for colds! (16/02/2011)

From the Telegraph 16 Feb 2011
"Take zinc to fight a cold, say scientists
The best way to shake off a cold is to take supplements of the trace metal zinc, scientists say today. While zinc is perhaps best known for protecting cars against rust, in minute quantities it has a host of important physiological functions.

Now a review of 15 clinical trials published since 1984 has concluded that taking supplements can reduce the length of a cold and help ward one off in the first place.

The conclusions of the Cochrane Collaboration, an Oxford-based not-for-profit institution that reviews existing studies to spot trends missed by looking at them individually, could lead in time to zinc replacing vitamin C as the cold 'cure' of choice.

The latest Cochrane Review found that people who took a zinc syrup solution or lozenge every two hours while they had a cold were twice as likely to have shed it within a week as those who took a placebo.

Children who took a zinc tablet once a day for at least five months were also a third less likely to get colds as those who took a placebo.
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The recommended daily amount is 15mg.
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