Dietary Supplements

• Latest News
• Herbs, Supplements May Hurt Eyes (10/15/2004, United Press International)
• New Study Further Links Ephedrine with Heart Attacks (10/14/2004, Scripps Howard News Service)

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Dietary Supplements (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
• Dietary Supplements: Background Information (National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements)
• What's in the Bottle? An Introduction to Dietary Supplements (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Overviews
• Demand for Dietary Supplements, Economic Characterization of the Dietary Supplement Industry Final Report (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration)
• Tips for the Savvy Supplement User: Making Informed Decisions and Evaluating Information (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Dietary Supplements (National Institutes of Health)

• Specific Conditions
• How to Read Dietary Supplement Labels (Iowa State University, University Extension)

• Related Issues
• Cartilage (Bovine and Shark) (PDQ) (National Cancer Institute)
• Colloidal Silver Products (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
• Consumer Alert: FDA Plans Regulation Prohibiting Sale of Ephedra-Containing Dietary Supplements and Advises Consumers to Stop Using these Products (Food and Drug Administration)
• Dietary Supplement Verification Program (United States Pharmacopeial Convention)
• Dietary Supplements: Warnings and Safety Information (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)
• Essiac/Flor-Essence (PDQ) (National Cancer Institute)
• Fish Oil Supplements: Do They Contain Mercury? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• How to Know What Is Safe: Choosing and Using Dietary Supplements (American Cancer Society)
• Index of Herbal Medicines and Supplements (Harvard Medical School, InteliHealth)
• Products That Consumers Inquire about (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)
• Questions and Answers: Androstenedione (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)
• Selected Vegetables/Sun’s Soup (PDQ) (National Cancer Institute)
• Soy: Health Claims for Soy Protein, Questions about Other Components (Food and Drug Administration)
• What You Should Know about Herbal and Dietary Supplement Use and Anesthesia (American Society of Anesthesiologists)

• Research
• NCCAM Consumer Advisory on Ephedra (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

• Directories
• Find a Nutrition Professional (American Dietetic Association)

• Organizations
• Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
• Food and Nutrition Information Center
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements

• Newsletters/Print Publications
• Combined Health Information Database (National Institutes of Health)
• Dietary Supplement Use in the Elderly (National Library of Medicine)
• Dietary Supplements/Food Labeling Electronic Newsletter (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)
• Dietary Supplements: General Resources for Consumers (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
• International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements IBIDS Database (National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements)

• Law and Policy
• Claims That Can Be Made for Conventional Foods and Dietary Supplements (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)
• Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)
• Overview of Dietary Supplements (Food and Drug Administration)
• Swiss Company Charged by FTC with Making Unsubstantiated Health Claims (Federal Trade Commission)

• Teenagers
• Dietary Supplements: Facts vs. Fads (Nemours Foundation)

• Seniors
• Dietary Supplements: More Is Not Always Better (National Institute on Aging)