Health
Is too much vitamin C harmful?
Your body needs vitamin C, but megadoses can cause many digestive problems. Find out how much of the nutrient you really require.
Jun 16, 2020
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News tagged with vitamin
Psychology & Psychiatry
Link between neonatal vitamin D deficiency and schizophrenia confirmed
Newborns with vitamin D deficiency have an increased risk of schizophrenia later in life, a team of Australian and Danish researchers has reported.
Dec 6, 2018
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Health
Cracking the code to vitamin D: How you store and cook your eggs matters
Scientists have shown that storing your eggs on the worktop rather than in the fridge—and how you cook them—matters when it comes to preserving vitamin D, known as the "sunshine vitamin."
Feb 7, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pre-infection vitamin D deficiency associated with increased severity and mortality among COVID-19 patients
Vitamin D is most often recognized for its role in bone health, but low levels of the supplement have been associated with a range of autoimmune, cardiovascular, and infectious diseases. Early on in the pandemic health officials ...
Feb 3, 2022
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Immunology
Immune system targets vitamin B12 pathway to neutralize bacteria
Close to 1.8 billion people worldwide are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the common and occasionally deadly bacterium that causes millions of cases of tuberculosis each year. The bacteria, having coevolved ...
Oct 31, 2019
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Cardiology
Fish oil and vitamin D supplements not effective for preventing atrial fibrillation
Taking omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D3 supplements does not neither increase nor decrease the risk of developing atrial fibrillation, according to late-breaking research presented today at the American Heart Association's ...
Nov 13, 2020
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Neuroscience
Brains with Alzheimer's disease have subnormal levels of important dietary antioxidants
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease estimated to affect 6 million Americans and 33 million people worldwide. Large numbers of those affected have not yet been diagnosed.
Aug 14, 2023
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Health
Vitamin D deficiency may impair muscle function
Vitamin D deficiency may impair muscle function due to a reduction in energy production in the muscles, according to a mouse study published in the Journal of Endocrinology. Vitamin D deficient mice were found to have impaired ...
Apr 16, 2021
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Medications
What is nitrous oxide, and how dangerous is it?
Media reports last week linked the use of "nangs" to the death of a teenager at schoolies week on the Gold Coast. Hamish Bidgood died when he fell from a balcony. He and his friends had reportedly been using "nangs" that ...
Dec 3, 2018
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Health
Vitamin D levels in the blood can predict future health risks and death
Free, circulating vitamin D levels in the blood may be a better predictor of future health risks in aging men, according to a study being presented at e-ECE 2020. These data suggest the free, precursor form of vitamin D found ...
Sep 8, 2020
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