A Woman's Journey Presents: Vitamins, Minerals, and Supplements
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A 2019 analysis presented by Johns Hopkins Medicine and published in the Annals of Internal Medicine proposed that consumption of most vitamin, mineral and other nutritional supplements cannot be linked to protection from heart diseases or to a longer life. Join Johns Hopkins internist Bimal Ashar, M.D., M.B.A., to learn why people take supplements, when they may be helpful and their potential to cause harm.
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