The latest trial to study the affects of a nutritional supplement, creatine, to fight Parkinson's disease has been announced.

It is believed that creatinine may boost the brains of the PD patient as it boosts muscles, according to an AP report

According to a new study, antioxidants taken by millions of people worldwide have no effect on increasing their life span. It also includes vitamins A, E and C and beta carotene and selenium.

The new study, appearing in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association, said it's still too early to rule out health benefits of vitamin pills adding that antioxidants are more effective when they are consumed in food rather than pills

A plant used in traditional Chinese medicine is now part of new U.S. clinical trial to see if it could provide help in treating Alzheimer's patients.

The plant called Chinese club moss, which is already sold in health food stores in the U.S. as a nutritional supplement, is the focus of a University of North Carolina clinical trial. In China, the plant is used to treat cognitive disorders

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the prescription drug Noxafil (posaconazole) on September 18. Noxafil is a novel medicine for the prevention of invasive fungal infections that are caused by certain molds and yeast-like funguses (such as Aspergillus and Candida) to be used in certain cases.

According to the FDA's news release, the drug is approved for use in certain patients, such as those who have a weak immune system from bone marrow transplants or those who have decreased white blood cell counts

A new study finds that taking dietary supplements does not fight the growth of cancer, or alter the course of precancerous conditions.

According to work published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, supplements such as vitamins, antioxidants, retinol or garlic were proven to have no effect on the disease