Vitamins and Supplements

Judy Sommers Hanson, PharmD, FAPhA, chats with Pharmacy Times about the important role that pharmacists can play in educating the public on B1 and methotrexate use.

Patients who experienced ulcerative colitis relapse had low levels of vitamin D.

Agitation and delirium are common problems in the cognitively impaired elderly.

Long-term metformin therapy associated with lower serum vitamin B12 concentration.

Patients with type 2 diabetes administered long-term metformin more likely not to have vitamin B12 levels monitored.

A recently published study finds that maternal folic acid levels could have an effect on a child’s blood pressure.

Physicians should discuss the potential uses, benefits, and side effects of herbal medications with their patients.

A new study suggests that the melatonin content of dietary supplements often varies widely from what is listed on the label.

Free Radical Biology and Medicine has published a review of emerging aspects and future directions of vitamin E research in its November 2016 issue.

More than half of Americans take multivitamin/mineral (MVM) supplements containing more than 9 micronutrients (vitamins/minerals) that provide 100% of the recommended daily allowances.

Cancer cells are much less efficient in removing hydrogen peroxide than normal cells.

Cancer cells more prone to damage and death from high amounts of hydrogen peroxide.

The Annals of Pharmacotherapy published a study that examines the association between antioxidant vitamin supplement use and AD risk.

Although eating a healthy and balanced diet is considered the optimal approach for meeting nutritional needs and obtaining the recommended essential vitamins, minerals, and trace elements for good health, many individuals still find it difficult to do so.

A study published in a recent issue of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes demonstrates that low baseline vitamin D deficiency may decrease the effectiveness of rosuvastatin in adults with HIV.

Researchers have published a single center retrospective study that looked at patients with low vitamin D levels who had previously developed myalgia on statins.

According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular disease is the leading global cause of death among men and women, accounting for an estimated 17.5 million deaths worldwide each year.

Tri-Coast Pharmacy is recalling various lots of products with sterility assurance concerns.

Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard University in Boston, MA, set out to determine if melatonin secretion predicts myocardial infarction.

Adolescent females need a wide variety of nutrients for proper development, especially bone health. Neither plant-based food (even if protein-rich) nor dairy products alone provide the necessary range of nutrients.

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), which include Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, are chronic immune disorders. To date, researchers have been unable to determine their etiology, but have not ruled out dietary deficiencies as potential pathogenic contributors.

Zinc's major role in metabolism, endocrine regulation, immune response, and normal growth and development in humans has been well documented.

Comprehensive diets may be the panacea for migraine prophylaxis.

Globally, millions of children lack clean water, adequate food, and the basics of sustenance. Because of this, they often contract infections and develop health problems.

Traditionally, the World's Fair artistic exhibitions have incorporated elements from current scientific evolution. For example, families applied industrial science and the scientific method to everyday life in the early 20th century, so modern art emphasized reductionism in an ever more complicated world.

New insights pave the way for future treatment developments of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Long-term metformin use reduces serum vitamin B12 variably.

How micronutrients affect adenocarcinoma of the prostate has been long debated.

Health care professionals are increasingly confronted with incorporating dietary supplements many of which are prescribed by clinicians for a wide range of conditions into their care plans.

Multiply Labs has designed what it claims to be the first-ever personalized supplement pill."