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What's REALLY in Your Herbal Supplement?

Summary: New research suggests that herbal supplements are often not what they seem.
Air Date: 11/8/13
Duration: 10
Host: Dr. Leigh Vinocur, MD
Guest Bio: Mark Rosenberg, MD
Dr. Mark Rosenberg is the Chairman in the Department of Emergency Medicine at St. Joseph’s Healthcare System in Paterson, New Jersey. He is also the Chief of Geriatrics Emergency Medicine and Chief of Palliative Medicine and an active member of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
What's REALLY in Your Herbal Supplement?
A recent study in the New York Times revealed that some popular supplement brands are often not what they seem, based on DNA coding and fingerprinting.

What exactly are these supplements, and do they perform as advertised? Could they actually be putting you at risk?

Dr. Mark Rosenberg joins Dr. Leigh to break down this disturbing study.