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High Homocysteine Levels May Double Risk Of Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, New Report Suggests
February 14, 2002 People with elevated levels of homocysteine in the blood had nearly double the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD), according to a new report from scientists at Boston University. The ... > full story -
Mouse Experiments Link Folic Acid Deficiency To Parkinson's Disease
January 16, 2002 Mouse experiments suggest that folic acid deficiency could increase the brain’s susceptibility to Parkinson’s disease, according to scientists at the National Institute on Aging. ... > full story -
Folic Acid, Vitamin B12 Show Potential As Heart Disease Treatments
August 22, 2001 Red wine and garlic aren’t the only dietary supplements that keep our hearts healthy. Folic acid and vitamin B12 also appear to offer cost-effective treatments for heart disease and the ... > full story -
Penn Study Finds Signs Folic Acid And Vitamin B12 May Lessen Some Ill Effects Of SMA
May 25, 2001 Scientists have found evidence suggesting that the severity of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) may be ameliorated by common ... > full story -
Research Ties Vitamin B12 And Folate Deficiencies With Alzheimer's Disease
May 8, 2001 People with low levels of B12 or folate may have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, according to a study in the May 8 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American ... > full story -
Greens, B12 May Lower Heart Disease And Cancer Risk
January 6, 2000 Eating three times the recommended daily intake of folate and vitamin B12 may lower the risk factors for heart disease and cancer, a CSIRO study has ... > full story -
Consume Less Trans Fat, More Vitamin B6 And B12, Studies Suggest
November 3, 1999 The pastries, pizza, potato chips, french fries, margarine, cookies, crackers and bread that Americans consume by the millions of tons contain trans fat (hydrogenated oils). Most of these foods are ... > full story -
University Of Maryland Study Links Vitamin B Deficiency To Risk Of Stroke In Younger Women
August 31, 1999 In the first large population study of its kind, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have found that higher levels of the naturally-occurring substance called homocysteine ... > full story -
Supernutrients Mean Super Health For Children
November 23, 1998 Salmon, butternut squash, lean beef and spinach may not sound like any child's idea of the perfect meal. But as evidence mounts that four supernutrients # vitamin A, iron, omega-3 fatty acids and ... > full story -
Homocysteine: A Possible Risk Factor For Alzheimer's Disease
May 4, 1998 Scientists at the Universities of Oxford, in the UK, and Bergen, Norway, have found an association between pathologically-confirmed Alzheimer's disease and moderately elevated blood levels of the ... > full story
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