Medical Minute: A Blueberry Supplement May Help Postpartum Blues
** ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, NOV. 21 **Leo Barrile, a satisfied customer of Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals, displays a handful of Rogisen and Altovis pills at his home Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004, in New York. Barrile, a 72 year-old diabetic, swears that Rogisen, which contains generous quantities of zinc, selenium, copper and vitamins A, C, and E, … Continued
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Supplements, or the fancier term, “nutraceuticals,” have gotten a well-deserved bad reputation in evidence-based medicine circles. But a new strategy is afoot in this multi-billion dollar industry: gathering evidence first before marketing a product.
In this “Medical Minute” segment we highlight one such effort surrounding a treatment for the postpartum blues, which can be a precursor to postpartum depression.
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