Doctors Tip:  Vitamin A

To treat vitamin A deficiency. Most Americans get sufficient amounts of vitamin A from their diet. Most vitamin A is obtained from the conversion of dietary beta-carotene to vitamin A in the intestine. Foods rich in beta-carotene include yellow-orange fruits and vegetables; dark-green leafy vegetables such as spinach and lettuce; liver; and fortified milk and margarine.


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Does Your Yogurt Have the Right Stuff?
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Hospitals Increase CAM Offerings
These days during a hospital stay, you can stop at the yoga center for a session to help keep your blood pressure down, or visit the acupuncturist to ease the nausea that's a side effect of your cancer treatment. Or maybe you want attend a meditation clinic as an outpatient, as part of your overall plan to stay healthy by reducing stress.  More

Finding a Doctor You Can Trust
It is very important to find a doctor you trust; especially one you can talk with openly, not just about alternative and complementary therapies, but about work, relationships, family, sex, and other concerns.  More


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