Zinc

Catherine Pearson

Got A Cold? This Could Make You Feel Better

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 05.07.2012

Sneezing? Sniffling? Coughing up a storm? A new scientific review suggests that taking zinc may help shorten the duration of common cold symptoms b...

Family Going Veggie? How To Make Sure They Get The Right Nutrients

Joanna Dolgoff, M.D. | Posted 10.19.2011

Joanna Dolgoff, M.D.

While it's been well established that a vegetarian diet can be healthful and adequate in nutrition, children and teens do require age-appropriate intakes of certain nutrients.

A New Look At The Older Vagina

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Marcia G. Yerman

At a time when men's concerns around their aging penises get constant print and media attention, women are woefully ignorant about the changes that are taking place with their genitals.

Zinc May Help Fight The Common Cold After All

Posted 05.25.2011

First they said no, now they say yes! Turns out zinc, a historically hotly debated supplement, can in fact help reduce the length of the common cold....

Admitting Guilt on Deadly Denture Cream

Edward F. Blizzard | Posted 11.17.2011

Edward F. Blizzard

What led to Rodney Urbanek's symptoms and eventual death? His denture adhesive, Poligrip.

GlaxoSmithKline Denture Cream With Zinc Discontinued After Allegations It Causes Crippling

AP | MATTHEW PERRONE and CURT ANDERSON | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The maker of Poligrip denture cream will stop making formulas containing zinc amid lawsuits claiming years of excessive use caused ...

Zinc Dentures Risk: Adhesives Blamed For Nerve Damage

reporternews.com | Sarah Avery | Posted 05.25.2011

Zinc in denture adhesives has been blamed in dozens of cases of nerve damage, including that of a North Carolina man who says 20 years of using the gl...

A Vital Part of Healthcare Reform: Change How We Educate Our Doctors

Dr. John Neustadt | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. John Neustadt

Training doctors to uncover and treat the underlying causes of disease could eliminate much of the unnecessary reliance on pharmaceuticals and reduce their devastating, and sometimes deadly, side effects.