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New NIH-Funded Pilot Study Indicates Chromium Picolinate Supplementation May be an Effective Treatment for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome -PCOS-.

Publication: Business Wire
Publication Date: 15-OCT-03 		Format: Online - approximately 739 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 2003

Promising Nutritional Therapy for 2 Million American Women Presented at American Society for Reproductive Medicine Conference (ASRM)

(Nutrition 21, Inc., Nasdaq:NXXI) -- Results of a new pilot study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) showed that daily supplementation with 1,000 mcg of chromium as chromium picolinate significantly enhanced insulin sensitivity. These initial results offer a potential new nutritional therapy for approximately 2 million American women suffering from Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). PCOS is a little-understood hormonal condition that is a leading cause of infertility, and is associated with insulin resistance, gestational diabetes and type 2 diabetes. The study was presented...

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