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Vitamins and Minerals: What Are Americans Missing? Part 3 of a 3-Part Series

This is the final piece in a three-part series focusing on the role vitamin and mineral supplements can play in supplementing essential vitamins and minerals Americans may not be getting from diet alone. Part 1 of this series described the debate over the role vitamin and mineral supplements (VMS, both multiple and single-nutrient) may play in […]

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Vitamins and Minerals: What Are We Missing?

This is a three-part series focusing on the role vitamin and mineral supplements can play in supplementing essential vitamins and minerals Americans may not be getting from diet alone. Part 1 of this series described the debate over the role vitamin and mineral supplements (VMS) may play in reducing the risks for various chronic diseases and how […]

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Which supplements are snake oil, and which are solid?

People pop prescription pills with an air of caution, but many look at supplements in a different light: They’re icing on the cake, and who knows? Maybe that echinacea will cure Ebola after all. But many supplements can actually be pretty bad for you, as a recent Business Insider story rightly points out. It cites the […]

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A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma

A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.