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High Doses of Vitamin D Help Tuberculosis Patients Recover More Quickly
September 3, 2012 For decades before antibiotics became generally available, sunshine was used to treat tuberculosis, with patients often being sent to Swiss clinics to soak up the sun's healing rays. Now, for the ... > full story -
Many Trendy 'Microgreens' Are More Nutritious Than Their Mature Counterparts
August 29, 2012 The first scientific analysis of nutrient levels in edible microgreens has found that many of those trendy seedlings of green vegetables and herbs have more vitamins and healthful nutrients than ... > full story -
Vitamin B3 May Offer New Tool in Fight Against Staph Infections, 'Superbugs'
August 27, 2012 A new study suggests that nicotinamide, more commonly known as vitamin B3, may be able to combat some of the antibiotic-resistance staph infections and "superbugs" that are increasingly common around ... > full story -
Nutrition Tied to Improved Sperm DNA Quality in Older Men: Healthy Micronutrient Intake Linked to Reduced DNA Fragmentation
August 27, 2012 A healthy intake of micronutrients is strongly associated with improved sperm DNA quality in older men. In younger men, however, a higher intake of micronutrients didn't improve their sperm ... > full story -
Vitamin B12 Deficiency: Tracing the Causes
August 27, 2012 Vitamin B12 is vital. Medical researchers have succeeded in decoding a novel cause of hereditary vitamin B12 deficiency. They have discovered an important gene that determines how vitamin B12 gets ... > full story -
Gene 'Switch' May Explain DiGeorge Syndrome Severity
August 23, 2012 The discovery of a 'switch' that modifies a gene known to be essential for normal heart development could explain variations in the severity of birth defects in children with DiGeorge ... > full story -
Prostate Cancer: Six Things Men Should Know About Tomatoes, Fish Oil, Vitamin Supplements, Testosterone, PSA Tests
August 22, 2012 When it comes to prostate cancer, there’s a lot of confusion about how to prevent it, find it early and the best way – or even whether – to treat it. Here are six common prostate ... > full story -
Vitamin D Supplementation Can Decrease Risk of Respiratory Infections in Children
August 20, 2012 A study conducted in Mongolian schoolchildren found that vitamin D supplementation decreased the risk of respiratory infections among those who had low blood levels of vitamin D at the start of the ... > full story -
Fruity Science Halves Fat in Chocolate
August 13, 2012 It may not make chocolate one of your five a day - but scientists have found a way to replace up to 50 per cent of its fat content with fruit ... > full story -
Iron, Vitamins Could Affect Physical Fitness in Adolescents
August 8, 2012 Adolescents’ blood levels of various micronutrients are correlated with how well they performed in certain physical fitness tests, new research shows. Though these results don’t prove ... > full story
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