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	Vitamins May Cause More Harm than Good
	A study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Bloomberg School of Public Health found that people taking high doses of vitamin E may in some cases be more likely to die earlier. Read the press release >> Read the New York Times article (November 11, 2004), Large Doses of Vitamin E May be Harmful>>

CHN-Related News

2005

April 11, 2005: CHN Spring 2005 Newsletter online
March 17, 2005: Waist Size Linked to Diabetes Risk in Adult Men

2004

December 17, 2004: Dean Sommer selects CHN's Parul Christian, DrPH, for Pollin Prize "young investigator" fellowship
December 3, 2004: Nepal study prompts WHO to urge deworming for pregnant women in poor countries
October 29, 2004: CHN Fall 2004 Newsletter (PDF file)
October 15, 2004: NIH Cites Faculty Papers for Advancing Dietary Supplement Research
September 29, 2004: Benjamin Caballero, CHN Director, Discusses Key Changes to Dietary Guidelines for Americans
August 19, 2004: PRESS RELEASE - Improved Nutrition Could Lessen Malaria Burden Worldwide
July 30, 2004: Medicare Changes View on Obesity, Researchers Explain Significance (CHN web article)
June 15, 2004: PRESS RELEASE - Improved Nutrition Could Prevent More than Half of Child Deaths Worldwide
May 2004: CHN Spring 2004 Newsletter (PDF file)
May 14, 2004: How Can We Beat Those Food Cravings? (a web article)
May 13, 2004: Multi-Million Dollar Gifts to Aid Scholars and Mother and Infant Mortality Prevention
April 15, 2004: Eating for the Future: Can Public Health Rise to the Challenge? (a symposium on food security and sustainability)
March 2004: Center for Human Nutrition to Offer Course via Spanish Ministry of Health

2003

December 2003: CHN Winter 2003-4 Newsletter (PDF file)
December 15, 2003: PRESS RELEASE - Teenage Pregnancy May Put Girls at Risk for Osteoporosis
November 4, 2003: PRESS RELEASE -$37 Million Global Research Partnership Targets Nutritional Deficiencies
November 1, 2003: PRESS RELEASE - School-based "Pathways" Intervention Reveals Need for More Intense Tools to Combat Childhood Obesity
September 2003: CHN Fall 2003 Newsletter (PDF file)
August 29, 2003: PRESS RELEASE - African American Teen Mothers Have Greater Risk for Low Birth Weight and Premature Babies
August 11, 2003: PRESS RELEASE - Faculty Named to Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
May 5, 2003: PRESS RELEASE - Pregnant African-American Teens Need More Calcium for Healthy Fetal Bone Development
March 31, 2003: PRESS RELEASE -Folic Acid-Iron Supplements Reduce Risk of Low Birth Weight
May 2, 2003: Are Americans Getting Too Many Vitamins?

2002

September 6, 2002: New Report on Dietary Reference Intakes Includes Recommendation for More Exercise
May 30, 2002: Compound Found in Broccoli May Help Ulcers and Stomach Cancers
February 12, 2002: Nutrition Symposium Celebrates Center for Human Nutrition's 10th Year

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