Mixed news on supplements
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
NPR's "Talk of the Nation" plans to air an upcoming series on supplement use called "Do No Harm," which will likely examine supplement-drug interactions, and the network's "All Things Considered" will run a feature on alternative medicine in the near future. The radio broadcasts will be the latest installments in a flurry of recent media coverage on supplements. A June 20 New York Times article highlighted the work of ConsumerLab.com, while the Washington Post ran a piece June 18 about supplement products for children and recently carried a story on a Virginia woman who suffered seizures after taking ephedrine. CBS News' "48 Hours" featured a story entitled "Living Better Longer" June 15, with a segment on actor Nick Nolte's supplement use, a piece on nationally syndicated radio host Dr. Dean Edell, who was highly critical of supplements, and the story of a woman hospitalized due to herbal-drug interactions