News tagged with 'Vitamins'

Kellogg's will remove immunity-boosting claims from the front of its cereal boxes of Rice Krispies and Cocoa Krispies after public scrutiny, rather than an FDA crackdown as some have received.

While Kellog's tells consumers that Cocoa Krispies helps boost immunity, the respected Dr. Andrew Weil takes down mention of his Immunity Support supplement from his Web site.

Vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, is deficient in at least six million U.S. children, reports this study from Harvard and published in the journal Pediatrics. Given its increasing recognition in health maintenance, the study author says this should be a call to action.

Being treated for cancer generally means preparing your body for the fight of your life. So supplements, especially antioxidants such as vitamins C and E, beta carotene, or selenium are taken by many patients. This study warns patients they may provide a protective effect to cancer.

The University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine found selenium levels in collected blood samples of 21 dead polo ponies at 10 to 15 times the normal sample of selenium. The horses died of coronary collapse, say the researchers who did the necropsies.

Vitamin D levels appear to be declining in the general population, according to this published study, even though it is increasingly linked to immune health, bone strength and cardiovascular improvement.

New research links low levels of vitamin D to high blood pressure and high blood sugar in teenagers, which can lead to early health problems. The "sunshine" vitamin is needed to keep bones strong, but recent research has linked vitamin D to other possible health benefits in both children and adults.

A new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests taking B vitamins could lower the risk of age-related macular degeneration. The findings are the first to suggest a possible early prevention measure.

Quest Laboratories will have to retest an unknown number of people for vitamin D after a lab error. It has since been corrected and letters are going out to those who used the diagnostic testing service.

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.

The jury remains out on whether vitamin E and selenium help reduce the risk of prostate cancer. But with a little evidence that they may increase the risk, researchers have told 35,000 participants to stop taking their supplements.

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.

Some sort of prayer or meditation is used by the majority of cancer patients, the American Cancer Society finds. Complementary and alternative medicine is being sought out by cancer sufferers including  relaxation, faith and supplements. 

New published research out of Children's Hospital, Boston, finds that 28 percent of young children are facing a risk of vitamin D deficiency while 12 percent are already deficient. Breast-fed infants are often deficient and supplementation is suggested.

For decades doctors have recommended the use of Vitamin A to promote normal vision, healthy skin, hair and bone growth, and protection against infection. But a new study published in this month's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that excess vitamin A may increase the risk of hip fractur