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Vitamin K could benefit your heart health, study finds

Scientists from Edith Cowan University found that people who eat a diet rich in vitamin K have up to a 34 percent lower risk...

Vitamin D may reduce depression symptoms in adults

Scientists from Finnish, Australia, and the U.S. found that vitamin D supplementation may alleviate depressive symptoms in adults with depression. Depressive symptoms cause a big...

Vitamin D deficiency may harm muscle function

In a study from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, scientists found vitamin D deficiency may impair muscle function due to a reduction in...

Multivitamins do not prevent heart disease, study finds

Scientists from the University of Alabama at Birmingham found that taking multivitamin and mineral supplements does not prevent heart attacks, strokes, or heart death. According...

Vitamin B9 deficiency may be linked to higher risks of dementia, death

Scientists from Mount Sinai found that low levels of folate (vitamin B9) in the blood may be linked to a heightened risk of dementia...

Vitamin D deficiency may cause dementia, study shows

Dementia is one of the major causes of disability and dependency among older people worldwide, affecting thinking and behaviors as you age. But what if...

Scientists find herbal supplement to treat lung cancer

In a recent study from the University of Technology Sydney, scientists found berberine, a natural compound found in plants such as barberry and goldenseal,...

Vitamin B may help treat non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School found a mechanism that leads to an advanced form of fatty liver disease—and it turns out that vitamin B12...

Prebiotic could help treat fatty liver disease

Scientists from the University of Jyväskylä in Finland found that common dietary supplement prebiotics may help in the treatment of fatty liver. The research is...

Vitamin D: a pseudo-vitamin for a pseudo-disease

We are still in love with vitamins a century after they were discovered, with half the US and UK population taking a supplement. Vitamin D...