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• n  a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency)
• n  the act of supplementing

• While some children got unnecessary supplementation, the study found, those who might have reaped true benefit from vitamins didn't get them at all: kids from lower-income families .
• Of the nutritional approaches to mental disorders that I have studied, the most promising is dietary supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids, the special fats found in oily fish .
• The new mothers in Makrides' study have been eager to comply with the fish-oil supplementation program.

• supplement
• subjunction
• subjoining

News & Articles

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• How Estrogen May Help Prevent Urinary Tract Infections After Menopause
  Laboratory study suggests vaginal supplementation would benefit some women
  June 20, 2013 - WebMD
• Twice weekly iron supplementation to pregnant women as effective as a daily regime
  ( Public Library of Science ) Daily supplementation of iron tablets to pregnant women does not provide any benefits in birth weight or improved infant growth compared to twice weekly supplementation, according to a study by international researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine.
  June 18, 2013 - EurekAlert!
• Vitamin D supplementation may delay precocious puberty in girls
  Vitamin D supplementation may help delay early onset of puberty in girls, a new clinical study finds.
  June 17, 2013 - Science Daily

Quotes

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• Lois Smith in EurekAlert (press release)
  Recent data also indicate encouraging improvements in many of the basic health interventions, such as early and exclusive breast feeding, measles immunization, vitamin A supplementation, the use of insecticide-treated nets to prevent malaria, and... Ann M Veneman http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Veneman&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGvjJndT5aCViNxPxuQEI0oS_Qwxg MiamiHerald.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/684478.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFk9rkh0pdWhvnt4o-ARWJOjbJcWw Sep 12, 2008 96734 128297 supplementation If omega-3 fatty acids, or these anti-inflammatory mediators, are as effective in humans and they are in mice, simple supplementation could be a cost-effective intervention benefiting millions of people," says Smith, the study's senior...
• Tom Boonen in EurekAlert (press release)
  Patients with a low intake of calcium and vitamin D may not be receiving the full benefit of their osteoporosis treatment if they do not take enough supplementation, said Professor Steven Boonen MD, PhD, of Leuven University in Belgium and...