14-04-19 Ancient Earth might have had an extraterrestrial supply of vitamin B3 delivered by carbon-rich meteorites, according to a new analysis by NASA-funded researchers. The result supports a theory that the origin of life may have been assisted by a suppl...
14-03-12 There has been much research into the factors that have influenced the human genome since the end of the last Ice Age. Anthropologists(人类学家) at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and geneticists at University College London (UCL), worki...
14-02-25 Everyday our cells take in nutrients from food and convert them into the building blocks that make life possible. However, it has been challenging to pinpoint exactly how a single nutrient or vitamin changes gene expression and physiology. Scientist...
14-01-22 For patients in the early stages of multiple sclerosis (MS), low levels of vitamin D were found to strongly predict disease severity and hasten its progression, according to a new study led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) investigators in...
14-01-18 Patients with fibromyalgia syndrome ( FMS纤维肌痛综合症 ) typically have widespread chronic pain and fatigue. For those with low vitamin D levels, vitamin D supplements can reduce pain and may be a cost-effective alternative or adjunct(附属的) to...
13-09-25 While calcium supplements noticeably improved bone health in post-menopausal women, vitamin D supplements did not reduce bone turnover, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology...
13-06-26 In women who have type 2 diabetes and show signs of depression, vitamin D supplements significantly lowered blood pressure and improved their moods, according to a pilot study at Loyola University Chicago Niehoff School of Nursing. Vitamin D even he...
13-05-20 The amount of time asthma patients spend soaking up the sun may have an impact on the illness, researchers have suggested. 研究人员建议,哮喘病人晒太阳可能对治疗该病有利。 A team at King's College London said low levels of vitamin D, which is made b...
13-04-23 Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discovered that eating mushrooms containing Vitamin D2 can be as effective at increasing and maintaining vitamin D levels (25-hydroxyvitamin D) as taking supplemental vitamin D2 or vi...
13-04-16 Despite concerns that have been expressed about possible health risks from high intake of vitamin E, a new review concludes that biological mechanisms exist to routinely eliminate excess levels of the vitamin, and they make it almost impossible to t...