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V. Herbert. Lecture # 58: Hemochromatosis - should we be screening all our patients for this? Syllabus, 23rd Annual Family Practice Review, Temple University School of Medicine & Lancaster General Hospital, Philadelphia & Lancaster, PA, 1999.
V Herbert. PHENOTYPIC HEMOCHROMATOSIS, A PREVENTABLE SCOURGE: TO SHARPLY REDUCE EARLY MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN THE U.S., AND FOREVER ELIMINATE BLOOD SHORTAGES, ROUTINE LABORATORY TESTS MUST HENCEFORTH INCLUDE MEASUREMENT OF IRON, TRANSFERRIN SATURATION (Tfsat) AND FERRITIN, AND PHLEBOTOMY (BLOOD DONATION)WHEN ALL 3 ARE ELEVATED. FASEB J 2000; 14(4): page A754 (Abstract #522-16)
V Herbert. PREVENTING EARLY MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN MILLIONS OF ELDERLY, AND SAVING $ BILLIONS: NEW EVIDENCE THAT 100 µg FREE VITAMIN B12 (COBALAMIN) ORALLY DAILY FROM AGE 50 WILL PREVENT GASTRIC ATROPHY OF THE ELDERLY FROM PRODUCING SUBTLY PROGRESSIVE B12-DEFICIENCY NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DEMENTIA & STUMBLING AND LATER ANEMIA. FASEB J 2000: 14 (4), page A292 (Abstract #226.1).
V Herbert. STIGMA REMOVED FROM HEMOCHROMATOSIS BLOOD- American Society of Hematology 1999 Abstract
V Herbert. 3 TESTS WILL SAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND REDUCE ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES. ìPartnerships for Health in the New Millennium; Launching Healthy People 2010". Abstract #27, page 1-2 of Abstracts book; page 31 of Program book. Jan 24-28, 2000, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Victor Herbert's Testimony On Supplement Science and Scams to the New York City Council, February 10, 2000
V Herbert. Loss Of Recent Memory (Where In The Parking Lot Is My Car? etc.) In Persons Age >50 Is Often Unrecognized Subtle Vitamin B12 Deficiency, Producing Inadequate Synthesis Of New Brain Cells, But No Anemia. FASEB J 2001(March 7);15(5, ABSTRACTS PART I): A59.
V Herbert, M Spivack. FDA Now Approves Hemochromatosis Blood As Normal Donor Blood. Measuring Serum Iron Status As Part Of Routine Blood Testing Will: 1. Prevent Phenotypic Disease In Millions; 2. Save Healthcare $Billions; 3. End U.S. Biannual Blood Shortages. J Investig Med 2001: 49(2); 241A. Also in FASEB J 2001(March 8);15(5, ABSTRACTS PART II): A973.
SCREENING FOR IRON STATUS BY MT SINAI (NYC) BLOOD BANK OF EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEER DONORS SO REQUESTING, Feb 1- March 15, 2001.
V. Herbert. RE: June 8, 2001 NHLBI Workshop ìMaintaining Iron Balance in Women Blood Donors of Child-Bearing Age.î April 19, 2001 letter to Barbara Alving, Director, Div Blood Diseases & Resources, NHLBI, NIH.
V. Herbert. SIMD 2001 Annual Meeting,Wyndham Miami Beach Resort, FL March 4-7, 2001. 3/5/01 session on ìInborn errors of metabolism in adults-new developmentsî:ìClinical, Biochemical, and Molecular Aspects of Hemochromatosis.î
V. Herbert. Correction: Summary for Patients on Genes for Hemochromatosis. Ann Intern Med 2001 (April 17); 134 (8): page 715.
V. Herbert. FASEB 2001 Summer Research Conference, "Biological Methylation", Saxton's River, Vermont, July 21-26, 2001: Title: Genomics and Proteomics 2001: Controlling some of the DNAs, RNAs, and proteins which blueprint health, disease, and life span, by controlling their methylation & demethylation.
V. Herbert. Destroying Immune Homeostasis in Normal Adults With Antioxidant Supplements. Am. J. Clin Nutr,1997; 65:1901 (June).
V Herbert. The antioxidant supplement myth.1í2 Am J Clin Nutr 1994;60:157-8.
V Herbert. EDITORIAL: Gene mutations can produce polymorphisms that alter minimal daily micronutrient requirements. Clin Invest Med 2001;24(1):54-5.
V Herbert. LOSS OF RECENT MEMORY (WHERE IN THE PARKING LOT IS MY CAR? ETC.) IN PERSONS AGE >50 IS OFTEN UNRECOGNIZED SUBTLE VITAMIN B12DEFICIENCY, ±HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA, PRODUCING INADEQUATE SYNTHESIS OF NEW BRAIN CELLS, BUT NO ANEMIA. Presented at the 3rd International Conference on Homocysteine Metabolism, Hilton Sorrento Palace Hotel & Conference Center, Sorrento, Italy,1-5 July 2001, Presentation #179.
Pictures from the 3rd International Conference on Homocysteine Metabolism, Sorrento, Italy, 1-5 July 2001.
V Herbert. (GENETIC NUTRITION: GENE MUTATIONS CAN PRODUCE POLYMORPHISMS (ALLELES) WHICH ALTER MINIMAL DAILY REQUIREMENTS (MDRs) FOR ESSENTIAL MINERAL AND VITAMIN MICRONUTRIENTS SUCH AS IRON, VITAMIN B12, AND FOLIC ACID.
V Herbert. (at ASH Annual Meeting, December 7-11, 2001). HEMATOLOGIC EPIGENETICS, GENOMICS, PROTEOMICS, & 1-CARBON METABOLISM 2002: SILENCING ìBADî AND ACTIVATING ìGOODî DNA, mRNA TRANSCRIPTS, AND THEIR PROTEINS, BY SELECTIVE TARGETED CHROMATIN METHYLATION AND DEMETHYLATION. Submitted to American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, December 7-11, 2001, Convention Center, Orlando, FL
V Herbert. (at ASH Annual Meeting, December 7-11, 2001). ELIMINATING BLOOD SHORTAGES BY USING COMMON SENSE: USING THE HEALTHY BLOOD OF THE ~12% OF AMERICANS WITH HIGH BLOOD IRON WHO WOULD BE WILLING DONORS IF THEY KNEW THEIR BLOOD IRON WAS HIGH. Submitted to American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, December 7-11, 2001, Convention Center, Orlando, FL
V Herbert. Response to terrorist attack on America.
V Herbert. Genetic Nutrition: Epigenetics, Genomics, & Proteomics 2002: Silencing ìBadî And Activating ìGoodî DNA, mRNA Transcripts, And Their Proteins, By Targeted Chromatin Methylation And Demethylation. 2002 Unpublished.
V Herbert. A Grateful City: FROM WWII TO IRAQ, HE NEVER MISSED A WAR. New York Post, November 12, 2001.
V Herbert. Letter to the Editor: What Vitamins Should I Take, Doctor? Submitted to NEJM on 01/08/02.
Book review of:"Homocysteine in Health and Disease," Eds: Ralph Carmel and Donald W. Jacobsen. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2001, 510 pp., $150. ISBN 0521653193.
V. Herbert. MICOM, AN "ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE" NATURAL MINERAL WATER ALLEGED CANCER "THERAPY," HAS CARDIOTOXIC CONCENTRATIONS OF POTASSIUM, WHICH CAN BE LETHAL.
V. Herbert. Vitamin, Mineral, Antioxidant, and Herbal Supplements: Facts and Fictions. Chapter 21 in ìBehavioral Neurology in the Elderlyî (Eds: J Leon-Carrion, M Giannini), CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL, 2001, pp 425-439.
V. Herbert. Pernicious Anemia and Other Megaloblastic Anemias. In: Connís Current Therapy: 55th-2003 Edition (Eds: Rakel RE, Bope ET). W.B Saunders Co, Philadelphia, PA.
V. Herbert. METHYL METABOLISM 2002: EPIGENETICS, GENOMICS, PROTEOMICS; SILENCING ìBADî AND ACTIVATING ìGOODî DNA, mRNA TRANSCRIPTS, AND THEIR PROTEINS, BY SELECTIVE TARGETED CHROMATIN METHYLATION AND DEMETHYLATION. Presented at both 2002 FASEB Summer Research Conference on "Folic Acid, Vitamin B12 and One Carbon Metabolism", Snowmass Village, Colorado, Aug 3-8, 2002, and 29th World Congress, International Soc Hematology, Aug 24-28, 2002, Seoul, South Korea. Presented at both 2002 FASEB Summer Research Conference on "Folic Acid, Vitamin B12 and One Carbon Metabolism", Snowmass Village, Colorado, Aug 3-8, 2002, and 29th World Congress, International Soc. Hematology, Aug 24-28, 2002, Seoul, South Korea.
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