News tagged with 'B12'

21 prized polo horses from Venezuela died suddenly in Florida this past weekend, and no one knew the cause until it revealed today they were given a vitamin supplement, erroneously mixed by an Ocala, Florida pharmacy that likely caused their deaths.   

Taking a daily supplement of folic acid and other B vitamins doesn't lower a woman's risk of cancer, a study of more than 5,000 women found.

In surprising results out of University of Oxford, researchers found elderly, at the low end of normal in vitamin B12, showed the greatest amount of brain shrinkage over a five year period. Meats, salmon and mollusks contain the most B12. Estimates are nearly half of us are deficient.