At least 23,000 emergency room visits in the United States each year can be traced to dietary supplements, according to the first major study of adverse outcomes from products often marketed as healthy and natural.
More than a quarter of all the ER visits involved young adults -- and many of them were taking weight-loss supplements or herbal energy products, according to the study, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. More than 20 percent involved young children who took supplements without supervision.
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