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EmpowHer's Health Tip: More Reports of Sickness Linked to Supplements With Selenium

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U.S. health officials are investigating more than 180 reports of illness in people who took dietary supplements containing toxic levels of the mineral selenium, the Associated Press reported.


     
     
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Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Leg Artery Blockages

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By Ed Edelson
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

WEDNESDAY, April 16 (HealthDay News) -- New research has discovered that people with low blood levels of vitamin D were found to have a higher incidence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), potentially dangerous blockages in the leg arteries.