News tagged with vitamin supplements


Preterm infants may need 800 IU of vitamin D3 per day

Preterm infants may need to be given 800 international units (IU) of vitamin D a day to ensure they develop strong bones, according to a study to be presented Sunday, May 5, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual ...

Pediatrics created May 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers pinpoint upper safe limit of vitamin D blood levels

Researchers claim to have calculated for the first time, the upper safe limit of vitamin D levels, above which the associated risk for cardiovascular events or death raises significantly, according to a recent study accepted ...

Health created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers discover mushrooms can provide as much vitamin D as supplements

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discovered that eating mushrooms containing Vitamin D2 can be as effective at increasing and maintaining vitamin D levels (25–hydroxyvitamin D) as taking ...

Health created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

No evidence drugs, vitamins, supplements help prevent cognitive decline in healthy older adults

A review of published research has found no evidence that drugs, herbal products or vitamin supplements help prevent cognitive decline in healthy older adults.

Health created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Low vitamin D linked with lower kidney function after transplantation

Vitamin D deficiency may decrease kidney function in transplant recipients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). The finding suggests that vitamin ...

Other created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Folic acid lowers risk of autism, study finds

Women who take a vitamin B9 supplement (folic acid) during the beginning weeks of their pregnancy can cut the risk of having a child with autism in half. But the supplement has no effect if it is started ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Folate and vitamin B12 reduce disabling schizophrenia symptoms in some patients

Adding the dietary supplements folate and vitamin B12 to treatment with antipsychotic medication improved a core symptom component of schizophrenia in a study of more than 100 patients. The study focused on negative symptoms ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

USPSTF: Vitamin D, calcium supplements don't prevent fx

(HealthDay)—For non-institutionalized postmenopausal women, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against daily supplementation with ≤400 IU of vitamin D3 and ≤1,000 mg of calcium for primary prevention of fractures, and a lack of e ...

Health created Feb 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Panel questions value of calcium, vitamin D pills

Popping calcium and vitamin D pills in hopes of strong bones? Healthy older women should not bother with relatively low-dose dietary supplements, say new recommendations from a U.S. government advisory group.

Health created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Vitamin C is beneficial against the common cold

(Medical Xpress)—According to an updated Cochrane review on vitamin C and the common cold, vitamin C seems to be particularly beneficial for people under heavy physical stress.

Health created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Analysis finds vitamin D potency varies widely in dietary supplements

Vitamin D supplement potency varies widely, and the amount of vitamin D in over-the counter and compounded supplements does not necessarily match the amount listed on the label, according to a research letter published in ...

Health created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Vitamin C supplements linked to kidney stones

New research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that men who take vitamin C supplements regularly run a higher risk of developing kidney stones. The study, which is published in the scientific periodical JAMA Internal Me ...

Health created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Meta-analysis confirms folic acid supplementation unlikely to increase cancer risk

Researchers have established that short-term use of folic acid supplements is unlikely to substantially increase or decrease overall cancer risk and has little effect on the risk of developing any specific cancer including ...

Health created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Give pregnant women vitamin D supplements to ward off multiple sclerosis, research says

The risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) is highest in the month of April, and lowest in October, indicates an analysis of the available evidence, published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.

Neuroscience created Nov 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Daily multivitamin use among men does not reduce risk of major cardiovascular events

In a randomized study that included nearly 15,000 male physicians who were middle-aged or older, daily multivitamin use for more than 10 years of treatment and follow-up did not result in a reduction of major cardiovascular ...

Cardiology created Nov 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0