Vitamins and Supplements

According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular disease is the leading global cause of death among men and women, accounting for an estimated 17.5 million deaths worldwide each year.

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Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard University in Boston, MA, set out to determine if melatonin secretion predicts myocardial infarction.

Adolescent females need a wide variety of nutrients for proper development, especially bone health. Neither plant-based food (even if protein-rich) nor dairy products alone provide the necessary range of nutrients.

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), which include Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, are chronic immune disorders. To date, researchers have been unable to determine their etiology, but have not ruled out dietary deficiencies as potential pathogenic contributors.

Zinc's major role in metabolism, endocrine regulation, immune response, and normal growth and development in humans has been well documented.

Comprehensive diets may be the panacea for migraine prophylaxis.

Globally, millions of children lack clean water, adequate food, and the basics of sustenance. Because of this, they often contract infections and develop health problems.

Traditionally, the World's Fair artistic exhibitions have incorporated elements from current scientific evolution. For example, families applied industrial science and the scientific method to everyday life in the early 20th century, so modern art emphasized reductionism in an ever more complicated world.

New insights pave the way for future treatment developments of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Long-term metformin use reduces serum vitamin B12 variably.

How micronutrients affect adenocarcinoma of the prostate has been long debated.

Health care professionals are increasingly confronted with incorporating dietary supplements many of which are prescribed by clinicians for a wide range of conditions into their care plans.

Multiply Labs has designed what it claims to be the first-ever personalized supplement pill."

The burgeoning body of evidence supporting complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for depression should encourage providers to employ it in patients with mild-to-moderate disease and those resistant to pharmacologic and psychologic therapies.

Patients should consult with their physician or pharmacist before taking any vitamins.

Approximately 1 in 2 women and up to 1 in 4 men 50 years and older will break a bone due to osteoporosis.

Little is known about multivitamin use and associated prevention or development of hypertension, especially in women.

The banana bag has been a long-standing treatment for vitamin and electrolyte deficiencies in patients with chronic alcohol use disorder admitted to the intensive care unit.

Supplemental coenzyme Q10 may be a management option for patients with heart failure.

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is an increasingly common cause of chronic liver disease that can progress to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

There are fewer micronutrient deficiencies among gastric bypass patients than previously indicated.

Patients taking acid reducers long term are at greater risk for hypochlorhydria-induced vitamin B12 malabsorption.

Impaired bone health becomes increasingly common as patients with cystic fibrosis move into middle age.

Migraine is the third most prevalent illness in the world, affecting 1 billion individuals worldwide.

Pharmacists know medications come in many different formulations, but we very rarely recognize that treatment regimens come in various forms, as well.

Health care delivery must change to meet the increasing demands for conservative stewardship in spending.

More than one-third of US adults are obese, according to the CDC.

Dry eye disease affects visual function, activities of daily living, workplace productivity, and health-related quality of life.

Melanie Dodd, PharmD, PhC, BCPS, discusses the benefits of fiber supplements for patients managing chronic diseases.