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CRN Applauds Introduction of Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 25, 2012—In response to the introduction today of the Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act (DASCA) by Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association representing the dietary
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CRN Announces Crisis Management Session at The Conference—Hands-on workshop helps prepare companies for worst-case scenarios

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 24, 2012—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) today announced that Brian Ellis, executive vice president, CRT/tanaka, an award-winning communications firm, will lead an interactive breakout session on crisis managemen
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CRN Offers Online Educational Webinar for Pharmacists, Nurse Practitioners on Drug-Supplement Interactions

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 19, 2012—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement industry, today announced it is hosting a free webinar on the interaction between dietary supplements and pharmaceutical drugs via the professional networ
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Happy 100th Anniversary to the Vitamin!

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 18, 2012—The Council for Responsible Nutrition is honoring the 100th anniversary of the vitamin.  The term was coined by Casimir Funk, a Polish-American biochemist, in 1912.
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Mark Halperin to Return to The Conference—Popular author and political pundit to provide analysis  of upcoming presidential election

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 17, 2012—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) today announced that New York Times bestselling author and well-known senior political analyst forTIME, Mark Halperin, will return as a featured speaker at The Conference, CRN’s annual
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CRN Submits Official Comments to Government Task Force on Calcium/Vitamin D Draft Recommendations —Urges Government to Maintain Message Consistency for Consumers

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 16, 2012—Inconsistent advice from different government agencies based on virtually the same set of scientific studies does consumers a disservice, said the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the dietary supplement industry’s leading trade association, in resp
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CRN Participates in New Social Media Community for Nurse Practitioners—Networking tool bridges nurse practitioners and supplement industry

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 10, 2012—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement industry, today announced it will join the new, professional networking website—Generation NP—an online community that enables its users easy access to in
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CRN Welcomes Six New Members

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 10, 2012—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the dietary supplement industry’s leading trade association, announces six new companies to its membership roster: Voting Members—OmniActive Health Technologies, Ltd., headquartered in Morristown, N.J.; POM Wond
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Vitamin D Supplementation Shown to Have Benefit in Preventing Fractures in Adults 65+—New meta-analysis helps demonstrate importance of vitamin D

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 5, 2012—A new meta-analysis1 published in today’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine concludes that vitamin D supplementation at >800 IU daily for adults 65 and older helps prevent hip fracture and nonvertebral fracture.  The findin
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CRN's John Hathcock to Retire—Industry Legend to Move to Part-time Consultant Work

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 28, 2012—Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) President & CEO Steve Mister today announced that CRN’s senior scientist, John Hathcock, Ph.D., senior vice president, scientific & international affairs, CRN, will officially retire from the trade associatio
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