Focus on dietary supplements and war zone troops
The military’s list of forbidden vices for deployed troops may target dietary supplements used by weight lifters to increase muscle mass.
It was remarked by Col. Erin Edgar, a physician who commanded the 28th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad in 2006 and 2007 that 20 percent of 2,332 cases of soldiers who complain [...]
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FDA continues to warn public on supplement use
A recent news release contained three cases of previously healthy males who had acknowledged use of various dietary supplements claiming to contain steroid-like substances.
These various accounts followed last week’s news of FDA posting a list of recalled dietary supplements either suspected or proven to contain steroid and steroid-like substances.
FDA gave an advisory to the public [...]