Healthy Eating During Pregnancy May Slow Mom's Aging
Researchers studied 742 pregnant women to understand how nutrition affects how fast a mother's body ages at the cellular level. They measured special markers …
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Why B Vitamins Matter for Male Fertility
Researchers studied how vitamin B12 and folate deficiencies affect male fertility in mice. They found that mice lacking these important B vitamins had lower …
Read MoreWhat Blood Nutrients Tell Us About Lung Disease
Researchers compared blood levels of certain nutrients and proteins in people with COPD (a serious lung disease) and healthy people. They looked at …
Read MoreWhat Mom's B Vitamins During Pregnancy Mean for Baby's Brain
Researchers followed hundreds of children from birth to see if their mothers' B vitamin levels during pregnancy affected how their brains developed and how …
Read MoreCan B Vitamins Slow Kidney Disease? New Study Has Mixed Results
Researchers combined results from 9 major studies involving nearly 24,000 people to see if taking folic acid and B vitamins could help people with kidney …
Read MorePesticides May Lower Folate and Raise Harmful Protein Levels
Researchers discovered that old pesticides called organochlorine chemicals, which are still found in the environment and in people's bodies, may be lowering …
Read MoreWhy Folate Matters for Your Heart Health
Scientists have discovered an important connection between a B vitamin called folate and heart health. When your body doesn't get enough folate, a harmful …
Read MoreCan Vitamin B12 Supplements Slow ALS Progression?
Researchers studied 120 people with ALS (a disease affecting nerve cells) to see if vitamin B12 supplements could help. They found that taking B12 supplements …
Read MoreRare Nerve Damage From B12 Deficiency Causes Unusual Arm and Leg Movements
A 34-year-old man experienced strange, involuntary movements in his hands and feet along with chest pain and weakness. Doctors discovered he had severe vitamin …
Read MoreB Vitamins and Brain Health: What Older Adults Should Know
Researchers studied 100 older Chinese adults to understand how certain B vitamins affect memory and thinking skills. They found that people with memory …
Read MoreWhy Your Brain Needs B Vitamins to Stay Healthy
B vitamins are a group of eight nutrients that your brain and nervous system need to work properly. When people don't get enough of these vitamins, they can …
Read MoreB Vitamins May Not Prevent Heart Artery Problems
Researchers used advanced genetic analysis to study whether B vitamins and a substance called homocysteine affect serious heart artery diseases. They looked at …
Read MoreFolic Acid Supplement May Help Protect Brain Function
Researchers tested whether taking folic acid supplements could help people with a specific type of brain blood vessel damage that affects thinking and memory. …
Read MoreMissing B Vitamins May Raise Blood Pressure Risk
Researchers studied nearly 1,400 adults in India to understand how two important B vitamins—folate and B12—affect blood pressure. They found that many people …
Read MoreHow a Hidden Blood Problem Caused Multiple Strokes in One Man
Doctors reported a case of a 43-year-old man who had multiple strokes and nerve damage caused by dangerously high levels of a substance called homocysteine in …
Read MoreA Protein Problem: How High Homocysteine Damages Lungs
Researchers discovered that a substance called homocysteine, which builds up in the blood of people with a serious lung disease called pulmonary fibrosis, …
Read MoreSpecial Folate Supplement May Help Protect Eyes in Diabetic Patients
Researchers studied a special folate supplement called Ocufolin® in 10 people with diabetes who had early eye damage and a specific genetic variation affecting …
Read MoreBlood Folate Levels May Predict Stroke Recovery After Emergency Treatment
Researchers studied 446 stroke patients who received emergency blood clot removal surgery. They found that patients with lower folate (a B vitamin) and higher …
Read MoreMouth Sores Linked to Hidden Nutritional Problems
Researchers studied people with oral lichen planus (OLP), a condition causing painful sores in the mouth, to see if they had hidden nutritional deficiencies. …
Read MoreWhy Low B12 Levels May Increase Stroke Risk
Researchers discovered how vitamin B12 deficiency might lead to stroke by studying the body's proteins and chemicals. When B12 levels drop too low, it triggers …
Read MoreBlood Clots in the Brain: Why Nutrition Matters More Than We Thought
Researchers in India studied 80 patients who developed blood clots in the veins around their brains—a rare but serious condition. They discovered that vitamin …
Read MoreKeto Diet Shows Mixed Results for Heart Health in Bipolar Disorder
Researchers studied seven people with bipolar disorder who tried a ketogenic diet (a high-fat, low-carb eating plan) for three months. The diet helped with …
Read MoreHigh-Methionine Diet: Good for Liver, Bad for Kidneys in Diabetes
Researchers tested whether a diet high in methionine (an amino acid found in protein) could help diabetic rats. They found something surprising: the diet …
Read MoreHow a B Vitamin May Help Reduce Skin Inflammation and Scarring
Researchers discovered that folate, a B vitamin found in leafy greens and beans, may help protect skin from inflammation and scarring caused by high levels of …
Read MoreCould High Homocysteine Levels Increase Pregnancy Diabetes Risk?
Researchers used genetic data to investigate whether a substance called homocysteine and B vitamins affect the risk of gestational diabetes—a type of diabetes …
Read MoreWhy High Uric Acid Levels May Raise Heart Disease Risk
Researchers studied over 16,000 people to understand how uric acid (a waste product in your blood) connects to homocysteine (another blood chemical linked to …
Read MoreWhy Kids With Lymphoma Have High Levels of a Harmful Body Chemical
Researchers studied 90 children who were just diagnosed with lymphoma to understand why their bodies produce too much of a chemical called homocysteine, which …
Read MoreNew Hope for Homocystinuria: Breakthrough Treatments on the Horizon
Homocystinuria is a rare genetic condition where the body can't properly break down certain amino acids, causing harmful buildup in the blood. Without …
Read MoreWhy Kids With ADHD Don't Show Expected DNA Damage
Researchers compared 42 children with ADHD to 36 healthy children and found something surprising. Kids with ADHD had higher levels of harmful molecules called …
Read MoreYour Genes May Affect Heart and Brain Health Through a Hidden Protein
Scientists studied over 300,000 people to understand how genes affect a protein called homocysteine, which can influence heart and brain health. They found …
Read MoreBrain Changes in Vascular Dementia: New Clues About Vitamin B and Memory
Researchers studied brain tissue from people with vascular dementia (a type of memory loss caused by blood vessel problems) and found important changes in how …
Read MoreA Gene Variant That May Increase Alzheimer's Risk
Scientists studied a specific gene called MTHFR that comes in different versions. Some versions of this gene may make it harder for your body to process …
Read MoreHigh Homocysteine Levels: A Hidden Risk to Your Brain and Heart
Scientists have discovered that a substance called homocysteine, which naturally occurs in your blood, can become dangerous when levels get too high. This …
Read MoreGene Change That Raises Homocysteine May Actually Protect Against MS
Scientists studied a common gene variation that affects how our bodies process folate and found something surprising. People with this gene change, which …
Read MoreGene Mutation Affects Pregnancy Even With Enough Folate
Scientists studied a common gene mutation called MTHFR C677T that affects how the body processes folate, a vitamin important for pregnancy. They wanted to see …
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