All Articles Tagged As: vitamins

No protective effect on cancer from long-term vitamin E or vitamin C supplementation (11/18/2008)

Data from a large-scale prevention trial presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Seventh Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research show no protective effect from vitamin E on prostate cancer or vitamin C supplementation on total cancer. ...> Full Article

Men With Vitamin D Deficiency May Have Increased Risk Of Heart Attack (6/12/2008)

Low levels of vitamin D appear to be associated with higher risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack) in men ...> Full Article

Niacin's role in maintaining good cholesterol (6/8/2008)

A research team has uncovered the likely target of niacin (vitamin B3) in the liver, which should provide a clearer picture of how this vitamin helps maintain adequate HDL-cholesterol levels in the blood and thus lower the risk of heart disease. ...> Full Article

Cancer Center Study Links Vitamin D, Type 1 Diabetes (6/7/2008)

Global View Supports Concept of Using Vitamin D in Reducing Disease Risks ...> Full Article

Researchers Highlight Anti-Cancer Benefits of Vitamin D (3/14/2008)

Vitamin D has long been recognized for its role in making healthy bones, but a growing body of evidence now suggests that it can also significantly reduce the risk of developing several types of cancers. ...> Full Article

Scientists Studying the Effects of High Dose Vitamin C on Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients (1/5/2008)

Vitamin C's low toxicity lends high hopes to pioneering study ...> Full Article

Do everyday foods influence risk of prostate cancer? (12/19/2007)

The biggest ever study on the effect of folate and vitamin B12 on prostate cancer is set to go ahead at Bristol University after World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) announced it would fund the project. ...> Full Article

Scientists hail the 'sunshine vitamin' (11/14/2007)

Scientists have found that vitamin D may be instrumental in protecting us against certain diseases, as well as helping to slow down the ageing process. ...> Full Article

Drug Slows Prostate Tumor Growth by Keeping Vitamin A Active (11/12/2007)

A novel compound that blocks the breakdown of retinoic acid, derived from vitamin A, is a surprisingly effective and "promiscuous" agent in treating animal models of human prostate cancer, say investigators from the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). ...> Full Article

How vitamin C stops the big 'C' (9/12/2007)

Nearly 30 years after Nobel laureate Linus Pauling famously and controversially suggested that vitamin C supplements can prevent cancer, a team of Johns Hopkins scientists have shown that in mice at least, vitamin C - and potentially other antioxidants - can indeed inhibit the growth of some tumors -- just not in the manner suggested by years of investigation. ...> Full Article

Vitamin D Supplements Appear To Be Associated With Lower Risk Of Death (9/11/2007)

Individuals who take vitamin D supplements appear to have a lower risk of death from any cause over an average follow-up time of six-years, according to a meta-analysis of 18 previously published studies in the September 10 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. ...> Full Article

Vitamin Extends Life In Yeast May Apply To Humans (5/7/2007)

Imagine taking a vitamin for longevity! Not yet, but a Dartmouth discovery that a cousin of niacin prolongs lifespan in yeast brings the tantalizing possibility a step closer. ...> Full Article