Most vitamin, mineral supplements not shown to lower heart disease risk
(American College of Cardiology) Current research does not show enough evidence that vitamin or mineral supplements are beneficial for preventing or treating heart disease, with the exception of folic acid for reducing stroke risk, according to a review article published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Current recommendations to adopt healthy diets that are heavy in plant-based foods from which these vitamins are derived naturally should be reinforced. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 28, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Elevated homocysteine identified as metabolic risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases
(Temple University Health System) Homocysteine occurs naturally in the human body, generated as a byproduct of methionine metabolism. Genetic diseases or an imbalanced diet, with too much red meat or B vitamins and folic acid deficiencies, can lead to high homocysteine levels, a condition known as hyperhomocysteinemia. This causes considerable harm to the heart but can also affect the brain.Now, Temple researchers further reveal the extent to which elevated homocysteine damages the brain. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Folic acid deficiency: This sound could be a sign you have the condition
FOLIC acid deficiency happens when you don ’t eat enough products containing the vital nutrient. Look out for these warning signs that you are suffering from the condition. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 11, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hypertensive patients may benefit from folic acid supplements
Hypertensive adults with low platelet count who took a combined daily pill of both enalapril and folic acid saw a 73 percent reduction in their risk of first stroke compared to patients who took only enalapril daily, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - May 8, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Folic Acid May Cut Stroke Risk in High-Risk Hypertensive Patients
MONDAY, May 7, 2018 -- Hypertensive patients may lower their stroke risk with folic acid supplements, according to a study published in the May 15 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Xiangyi Kong, M.D., from Peking University... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 7, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Folic Acid Cut Strokes in Hypertensive Patients on Enalapril
(MedPage Today) -- Lowered risk in those with low platelets and elevated homocysteine levels (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - May 7, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Folic acid 'can SLASH high blood pressure patients
TAKING folic acid can slash high blood pressure patients (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The power of folic-acid: Supplements can slash a stroke by almost 75%
Researchers from Peking University found that adults with hypertension who take folic acid, alongside blood-pressure medication, every day for four years are 73 per cent less at risk of stroke. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Formate prevents most folic acid-resistant neural tube defects in mice
(Baylor College of Medicine) A multi-institutional research team has developed a novel folic acid-resistant neural tube defect mouse model of the human condition by silencing the Slc25a32 gene, and, in most of the mutant mice, neural tube defects can be prevented by formate supplementation. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Enthusiasm over vitamins often outpaces evidence
When she was a young physician, Dr. Martha Gulati noticed that many of her mentors were prescribing vitamin E and folic acid to patients. Preliminary studies in the early 1990s had linked both supplements to a lower risk of heart disease. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - April 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Spina bifida charity accuses midwives of 'scaremongering'
Nurse Gill Yaz, of the spina bifida charity Shine, said she feared the number of women taking folic acid could drop if women got the false message it was harmful. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Older Americans Are ‘ Hooked ’ on Vitamins
Sixty-eight percent of those 65 and older take vitamin supplements. Much of what we once believed about the benefits is wrong. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 3, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: LIZ SZABO, KAISER HEALTH NEWS Tags: Vitamins Preventive Medicine Dietary Supplements and Herbal Remedies Diet and Nutrition Prostate Cancer Heart Hazardous and Toxic Substances Vegetables Folic Acid Vitamin E Vitamin D Calcium Omega-3 Fatty Acids Beta Carotene Source Type: news
Cyfolex (Cholecalciferol, Folic Acid, Calcium Carbonate, and Bovine Type I Collagen Capsules) - new on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - March 21, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Folic Acid in Utero Tied to Food Allergy Risk
(MedPage Today) -- But total folate at birth not associated with later food allergies (Source: MedPage Today Allergy)
Source: MedPage Today Allergy - March 6, 2018 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: news