Vitamin D helps control MS gene
The first evidence of how vitamin D deficiency and genetics interact to increase the risk of multiple sclerosis has been reported by researchers.
Women Need 400 Micrograms of Folic Acid Every Day
The B vitamin folic acid helps prevent birth defects. If a woman has enough folic acid in her body before and while she is pregnant, her baby is less likely to have a major birth defect of the brain or spine.
Thiamine ‘reverses kidney damage’
Doses of vitamin B1 (thiamine) can reverse early kidney disease in people with type 2 diabetes, research shows.
High-dose supplements may improve stroke rehab
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who are undernourished after suffering a stroke benefit from intensive dietary supplementation during rehabilitation, according to results of a pilot study conducted at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in New York.
Dr. M. H. Rabadi, currently at the VA Medical Center in Oklahoma City, and associates compared intensive and routine nutritional [...]
Vitamins ‘do not cut cancer risk’
Taking vitamin C or E does not reduce the risk of prostate cancers - or other forms of the disease, two large US studies suggest.
Both trials were set up following some evidence that taking supplements might have a positive effect.
But one study of 35,533 men, and a second of 15,000 doctors, found no evidence that [...]
