Drug makers Affymax Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. issued a recall of their anemia drug Omontys after reports of severe allergic reactions in some kidney-disease patients. Five out 50 hypersensitivity …
New Report on Supplementation Dangerously Misleading
A new report by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) says that vitamin D and calcium supplementation may not prevent fractures in adults. The USPSTF commissioned “2 systematic evidence …
CoQ10 and the Heart Resurrection, Miracle or a Given?
A recent meta-analysis published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that coenzyme Q10 is of benefit in congestive heart failure. For those who like the idea that food …
New Vitamin D Research
PERQUE Is Always Better! Since day one PERQUE has abided by a strict full disclosure label policy with every supplement we manufacture including our superior PERQUE Vitamin D3 Cell Guard. We go the extra …
Agriculture, Public Health, and Viable Society: Another Eternal Golden Braid by Russell Jaffe Fellow, Health Studies Collegium
Today, many seem to operate in a compartmentalized, disintermediated world. The narrowness of their view is largely the product of a reductionist, mechanistic educational system. In the age of systems …
Acting From An Excess of Caution
There is uncertainty about average and peak levels of radioactivity to which some people are being exposed. Radioactive materials cause harm only when not enough antioxidants are present to soak …
Protect your Heart & Bones with Vitamin D
A recent study shows that with vitamin D you can regulate homocysteine, helping the heart and bone at the same time! Homocysteine Homocysteine is usually linked with cardiac status; B …
Microflora for a Healthy Gut
Beneficial bacteria in the gut (probiotics) are crucial to optimal health. Not only do probiotics promote healthy digestion, but also boost the immune system. Probiotics have been cited in more …
Magnesium & Blood Pressure
According to CDC’s Community Preventive Services Task Force, high blood pressure was listed as a primary or contributing cause of death for approximately 336,000 Americans in 2007. If all patients …
Links Between Nutrients, Genes and Cancer Spread Documented
There is new reason to take PERQUE! In a recent article posted in ScienceDaily, more than 40 plant-based compounds have been identified as being able to turn on genes that …