by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Jun 27, 2017 | Aging, Hormone Supplementation Therapy, Medications, Sleep, Testosterone
The Testosterone Trials: Looking for Complications in All the Wrong Places The NIH trials of testosterone replacement in older men (The TTrials) concluded in April. Over 50,00 volunteers were screened to create a study group of 790 men. The average age was 72; many...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Aug 16, 2016 | Health and Diet, Health Supplements, Medications
The Good In its September 2016 magazine, Consumer Reports has an extensive review of dietary supplements. They present a very good history of the supplement industry, which got its impetus from Linus Pauling, two-time Nobel Prize winner, and his claims in the...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Jan 25, 2016 | Health and Diet, Health Supplements
WGBH Frontline Slams Supplements There are many ongoing controversies about the use of supplements and their effects on people’s health. The supplement industry in the United States could best be described as a bazaar with various companies hawking their...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Jan 14, 2016 | Health Supplements
Safe Supplementation of Vitamin D This study, which recommends people to consume three times more vitamin D than the Institute recommended in 1997, also concludes that consuming more vitamin D could be hazardous. The flaw in the report is its structure which flows...
