by Joel Rothman | Jan 18, 2010 | NutriSupLaw
GUEST POST BY DAVID MARK The Washington Post recently published an article asserting that vitamin D is shaping up to be the nutrient of the year, if not the decade. The article started factually strong but weakened at the end when it made specific recommendations. The...
by Joel Rothman | Dec 24, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
The rules are different here in the United States. Hyde Park Holistic Center in Cincinnati recently received a warning letter from the Food & Drug Administration that read like many others having to do with nutritional supplements and the H1N1 virus. In China,...
by Joel Rothman | Nov 22, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
The headline in the Wall Street Journal read, “New Study Gives B Vitamin a Boost” and the first sentence in the article was, “Bring out the niacin.” It turned out that a vitamin — even only a prescription formula — produced better...
by Joel Rothman | Oct 11, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
The Web has erupted with news, opinion and practical guidance on the new FTC rules that apply to disclosures on blogger freebies. One commentary suggested that MIT graduates who wrote about fondly about their alma mater might subject the university to scrutiny. There...
by Joel Rothman | Oct 5, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
Three Americans won Nobel Prizes in physiology or medicine today for their research on telomeres, the endcaps of chromosomes that protect genetic material from being erased. Understanding how telomoeres work is enlightening scientists on aging and disease. Nutritional...