Get Your FREE subscription today
Current Issues Past Issues Who We Are Resources Get Involved Glossary
 
From the Editor
Editor's Note
 
Memory News
New Memory Book
 
The Color of Risk
African-Americans are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than whites. A new national program targets this dangerous disparity with community-based health education.
Go to Article >>
 
Caring for Culture
Hispanics in Milwaukee are improving services for elders with Alzheimer's disease by customizing care to cultural attitudes toward dementia and medicine.

Go to Article >>
 
Minority Report
Jennifer Manly’s research ensures that African-Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities are tested for dementia on a level playing field.
Go to Article >>
 
Memory Tip
Remembering the Future
Glossary
Dietary Supplement
 

Substances such as herbal remedies and vitamins are sometimes marketed as "dietary supplements", which is a legal classification for a particular kind of foodstuff. Since the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, supplement manufacturers can make general claims about the health-promoting properties of their products without the kind of rigorous standards that would be required to establish safety and effectiveness if the same product were marketed as a drug or a food additive. This means that dietary supplements vary widely in safety and in effectiveness; in some cases, there is little or no scientific evidence to support manufacturers' claims.

Further Reading:

The Mayo Health Clinic (http://www.mayohealth.org) maintains a current list of information about dietary suppelements.

Article : "GINKGO"




by Catherine E. Myers. Copyright © 2006 Memory Loss and the Brain