Higher doses of vitamin D may reduce frailty
When it comes to vitamin D, most adults exhibit either frank deficiency, which results in clear clinical symptoms, or insufficiency, which often goes undetected.
But...
Popular vitamin supplement could hide heart attacks if used too much
In a recent study at the University of Minnesota, researchers found at high doses, the popular vitamin biotin supplement could mask heart trouble by...
This vitamin may help you maintain muscles
As people age, they lose skeletal muscle mass and strength.
People over 50 lose up to 1% of their skeletal muscle mass each year, and...
Taking vitamin D twice a day may help prevent this health problem
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo happens when a change in head position gives you a sudden spinning sensation. It’s one of the most common types...
Adequate vitamin D in body could reduce COVID -19 death risk, study confirms
In a new study, researchers found that COVID-19 patients who were vitamin D sufficient had a much lower risk for adverse outcomes including becoming...
Vitamin D may not help prevent COVID-19, expert claims
At the beginning of May, a pair of studies emerged suggesting people who are deficient in vitamin D are more likely to experience serious...
How vitamin E may injure vapers’ lungs
E-cigarette, or vaping, associated lung injury has sickened thousands of people, most under the age of 35.
Studies have linked vitamin E acetate, an oily...
Vitamin D deficiency may raise risk of getting COVID-19
In a study of patients tested for COVID-19, researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine found an association between vitamin D deficiency and the...
Two vitamins and this common drug may help fight COVID-19, study shows
The COVID-19 virus initially has a limited capability to invade, attacking only one intracellular genetic target, the aryl hydrocarbon receptors (AhRs).
Yet it leads to...
This vitamin deficiency may lead to alcohol-related dementia
A common consequence of chronically high alcohol consumption is a decline in cognitive function, which can even progress to full-blown dementia.
However, scientists do not...