AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
(a)
Most physicians are not doing a good job informing Americans 50 years or older how to use dietary supplements, particularly men who generally receive less medical advice than women about taking supplements, a nationwide survey reported in October, 2001. Although about 70 percent of fifty-something-plus Americans use vitamins, minerals or herbs, only 40 percent have ever received advice on supplements from their doctors.
In addition, the survey, conducted for the National Nutritional Foods Association, found that women (53 percent) were more likely to ...