Latest News on Vitamins and Health

Clemens: Injections were lidocaine, B-12 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Thursday January 03rd 2008, 11:05 pm

Roger Clemens said former trainer Brian McNamee injected him with the painkiller lidocaine and the vitamin B-12 — not any performance-enhancing drugs. [News Source]

Clemens says he took B-12 injection (AP via Yahoo! News)
Thursday January 03rd 2008, 8:02 pm

Roger Clemens said former trainer Brian McNamee injected him with the painkiller lidocaine and the vitamin B-12 — not any performance-enhancing drugs. [News Source]

Clemens: Injections were painkiller, vitamin B-12 (USA Today)
Thursday January 03rd 2008, 6:57 pm

Roger Clemens said former trainer Brian McNamee injected him with the painkiller lidocaine and the vitamin B-12, according to the first excerpts released from the pitcher's interview with CBS's 60 Minutes. [News Source]

Clemens says injections were for painkiller and vitamins (Los Angeles Times)
Thursday January 03rd 2008, 6:23 pm

His interview with '60 Minutes' explains that shots from former trainer McNamee were for lidocaine and B12. He denies use of steroids or human growth hormone. Roger Clemens said former trainer Brian McNamee injected him with the painkiller lidocaine and the vitamin B-12, according to the first excerpts released from the pitcher's interview with CBS's "60 Minutes." [News Source]

Clemens: Injections were vitamin B-12, painkiller (Houston Chronicle)
Thursday January 03rd 2008, 4:47 pm

In an interview to be broadcast Sunday on CBS’ "60 Minutes," Roger Clemens says he never used banned performance-enhancing substances but was injected vitamin B-12 and with lidocaine, a painkiller. [News Source]

Injections Were Vitamin and Painkiller, Clemens Tells ?60 Minutes? (New York Times)
Thursday January 03rd 2008, 4:23 pm

CBS, clarifying a statement by its correspondent Mike Wallace, said Roger Clemens told ?60 Minutes? he received injections of vitamin B-12 and lidocaine, not performance enhancing drugs. [News Source]

Study to look at effect of high dose vitamin C on non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients (News-Medical-Net)
Thursday January 03rd 2008, 3:33 pm

Scientists at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center have received approval for a first-of-its kind study on the effect high dose vitamin C has on non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients.

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Store Robbed of $50 Cash And Vitamins (Mountain View Telegraph)
Thursday January 03rd 2008, 12:25 pm

By Lee Ross Mountain View Telegraph A burglar or burglars took $50 in cash and three bottles of liquid vitamin supplements from Ann Morgan's store a few days before Christmas. [News Source]

The hidden hazards of trans-fat bans.
Thursday January 03rd 2008, 12:00 pm

Calgary may be making history this week as the first Canadian city to ban trans fats in restaurants, but that doesn't mean eating out will soon become much healthier. [News Source]

Middle class parents fuel child obesity with nigella-style fatty ‘celebrity’ recipes.
Thursday January 03rd 2008, 12:00 pm

Middle-class parents were warned today that they are fuelling obesity by stuffing children as young as two with fat and sugar-filled recipes - often inspired by celebrity chefs. [News Source]

Livestock farming, global warming.
Thursday January 03rd 2008, 12:00 pm

With environmentalists believing it could be easier, quicker and cheaper to reduce greenhouse gases by targeting methane rather than carbon dioxide, there could be shriller calls for a methane tax on livestock. [News Source]

US colon cancer traced to common ancestor.
Thursday January 03rd 2008, 12:00 pm

A married couple who sailed to America from England around 1630 are the reason why thousands of people in the United States are at higher risk of a hereditary form of colon cancer, researchers said on Wednesday. [News Source]