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Report: Skip the Megadose of Vitamin D

(Nov. 30) -- Dietary guidelines being released today call for a slight increase in the amount of vitamin D people need every day for good health but warn against megadoses of the "sunshine vitamin," saying there's no proof they prevent cancer and that they could in fact be harmful. "More is not necessarily better," Dr....

Study Ties Maternal Weight Gain to Child Obesity

(Aug. 4) -- Researchers have already established that excessive maternal weight gain causes babies to be born overweight and increases their lifetime risk of obesity. But a new study has found that the connection persists even when mother and baby aren't genetically predisposed to higher body mass. Researchers at...

Report: Fed Program's Ills Jeopardize Cancer Research

(April 15) -- The government-funded program responsible for much of the cancer research in the United States is "approaching a state of crisis" because of inefficient administration, poor financial planning and disorganization within its ranks, according to a report released today. The stern warning comes from a panel of...

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The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental American organization founded in 1970, under the congressional charter of the National Academy of Sciences.

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