Vitamins and Supplements

Vitamin K levels show observational relationship with risk of death in older population.

The study emphasized the population below the poverty line, for whom food insecurities can make vitamin and mineral intake even more challenging.

Magnesium is needed to properly metabolize vitamin D.

New research suggests vitamin D can help prevent colitis in those using immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Which vitamin is so dangerous you can actually get too much of it in food form?

Walgreens and DoorDash plan to offer more than 5000 items for delivery on the DoorDash platform and will expand the service to other major markets, starting with Cincinnati, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Sacramento, and Seattle by the end of summer 2020.

Pharmacy managers should know how fickle customers can be, but also the importance of loyalty if you can create it.

The widespread use of OTC products and dietary supplements are opportunities for pharmacists to educate patients and other health care members as to how these products fit into the overall health continuum.

Next-level digestive enzymes perform vital functions, like breaking down food, eliminating toxins, and even building muscle to amplify healthy habits

Probiotic therapy either with prebiotics or by itself may ease depression, according to a review of the data recently published in BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health.

Vitamin D is a neurosteroid responsible for brain maturation and growth, and stimulation of the most important antioxidant in the brain.

In addition to allopathic or prescription medications to manage depression stemming from this pandemic, there are integrative medicines, as well as health and wellness modalities, that can be used to improve mental health.

Nutrients should come from food, but when that is not enough, vitamin supplementation is an option

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H2-receptor antagonists, melatonin, and thiamine are some of the adjuvant treatments being evaluated for patients with COVID-19 due to their various immune-enhancing properties and possible antiviral effects.

Vitamin C and zinc are among the adjuvant treatments being evaluated for patients with COVID-19 due to their various immune-enhancing properties and possible antiviral effects.

The participants were categorized according to their vitamin K levels and heart disease. However, those with the lowest vitamin K levels had a 19% higher risk of death, compared with those whose vitamin K levels reflected adequate vitamin K intake.

As we age, scientists can measure declining levels of adenosine triphosphate and other biochemicals in our bodies, but research is looking at how aging and diseases can be reversed.

Four case studies about skin and eye health.

Nutrients should come from food, but when that is not enough, vitamin supplementation is an option.

What caused a customer’s birth control pills to lose efficacy?

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Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered a strong connection between severe vitamin D deficiency and mortality rates after studying global data from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Prenatal vitamins are designed to support both the health of the mother and the development of the baby during pregnancy.

Pharmacists are ideally positioned to educate patients on which supplements to take with their medications.

As a pharmacist, it is important to know which patients may benefit from omega-3 supplements the most, the supplements’ proper dosage, and the benefits that can be expected.

Program establishes criteria to specify potentially inappropriate medications to avoid prescribing to older adults or should be used with caution when combined with other prescriptions.

Vitamin D encompasses a group of fatsoluble secosterols that are found in certain foods and supplements and can also be produced when synthesis of vitamin D is triggered after the sun’s ultraviolet rays touch skin.

Vitamins and Supplements Guide for Pharmacists Digital Edition (April 2020)

Although vitamin D helps the body absorb minerals essential for bone health, previous studies have found conflicting evidence on whether low vitamin D levels actually increase the risk of osteoporotic fractures and whether vitamin D supplements can reduce the risk.