Vitamin and Supplements:
Vitamin C, Vitamin Supplement, Vitamin E, Vitamin D Vitamin K
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May 11th, 2009
Researchers at the University of Warwick say older people can reduce risk of heart disease and diabetes by spending more time outside in the sunshine. Lifestyle changes and increased age lead to vitamin D deficiency, in turn leading to metabolic syndrome, heart disease, and diabetes.
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Apr 30th, 2009
Nature & Health Co. is conducting a voluntary nationwide recall of the company's supplement product sold under the name Libimax.
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Apr 30th, 2009
Vitamin D levels tend to be very low in very sick patients, found Australian researchers. The sicker patients are, the lower the Vitamin D levels.
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Mar 24th, 2009
If you knew you could reduce your risk of fractures by up to 20%, would you do it? A new study published in this month’s Archives on Internal Medicine shows that taking daily supplement doses of Vitamin D can do reduce the risk of fractures in older adults by up to 20%.
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Mar 24th, 2009
Vitamin D levels in Americans have plummeted in the last two decades. Vitamin D deficiency, which is the subject of much current research, has been linked to several disease, including multiple sclerosis, particularly pediatric multiple sclerosis. Consequently, in October 2008, the American Academy of Pediatrics doubled the minimum requirement for vitamin D in children.
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Mar 12th, 2009
Low levels of vitamin D were associated with an increased risk of high blood pressure, high blood sugar and metabolic syndrome in teenagers.
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Mar 6th, 2009
Children born to women who have low blood levels of vitamin B12 shortly before and after conception may have an increased risk of a neural tube defect.
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Feb 24th, 2009
Vitamin D may emerge as an important player in the fight against winter coughs, colds and flu. University of Colorado Denver (UC Denver) School of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Children's Hospital Boston have gathered data from a large scale study showing that vitamin D deficiency, especially during winter months, may make us more susceptible to respiratory infections. The risk of cough, colds and flu is even higher in those with lower vitamin D levels and asthma or emphysema.
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Feb 20th, 2009
Health Canada is informing expectant mothers and women who are planning pregnancy taking the product PregVit Folic 5 and/or PregVit distributed by Duchesnay Inc. to check the product's individual sealed packages.
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Feb 20th, 2009
You may be wondering at this point whether to toss those vitamins into your mouth or into the trash. That's not surprising since several recent reports have called the value of vitamins into question, leaving people to wonder if it's time to ditch their supplements all together.
