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Vitamin D deficiency may increase death risk
2 July 2014
A new review suggests that low vitamin D levels may be associated with an increased risk for all-cause mortality including mortality due to cardiovascular disease and cancer.
12 April 2010
Insufficient levels of vitamin B6 may increase the risk of Parkinson’s disease by about 50 percent, according to a new study.
In the hospital-based case-control study, intakes of B vitamins were assessed in 249 Japanese people with Parkinson’s disease and 368 people without any neurodegenerative condition using a diet questionnaire (1). The results showed no link between vitamin B2, vitamin B9 (folate) and vitamin B12 intake and disease. However, low intakes of vitamin B6 were linked to an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease, independent of other factors.
The study does not prove that low vitamin B6 levels are the cause of Parkinson’s disease, but indicates that additional study should focus on whether increased levels of vitamin B6 may reduce the risk of developing the disease.
The link between B vitamin intake and Parkinson’s disease is related to homocysteine, an amino acid reported to be potentially toxic to brain cells. Parkinson's disease occurs when nerve cells are lost in a part of the brain called the substantia nigra.
2 July 2014
A new review suggests that low vitamin D levels may be associated with an increased risk for all-cause mortality including mortality due to cardiovascular disease and cancer.
31 May 2016
Early pre-term birth (ePTB) is defined as occurring at 34 weeks of pregnancy or earlier and imposes a considerable burden on mother, child and financial resources alike. Taking a 600mg per day supplement of Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) during the final two trimesters of pregnancy reduced early pre-term birth (ePTB) with a net average saving of $1,484 per pregnancy, according to a new study from the KUDOS (Kansas University DHA Outcome Study) cohort (1) in the U.S. This could produce total savings of $6 billion per year in the U.S.
15 January 2014
A new US review reports that the healthiest diets, rich in fruits, vegetables and fish, cost about USD 1.50 more per day than the least healthy diets.