• 陨石或曾为地球带来维生素B3

    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...

  • 过去五千年自然选择改变了欧洲人的外貌

    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...

  • 维生素B12能加速蠕虫生长

    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...

  • 维生素D能减缓多发性硬化的病情

    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...

  • 维生素D能减轻纤维肌痛患者的疼痛感

    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...

  • 维生素D不会提高绝经后女性的骨骼健康

    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...

  • 维生素D可使患糖尿病的女性降低血压

    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...

  • 晒太阳对哮喘病人有益

    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...

  • 蘑菇可提供充足的维生素D

    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...

  • 过量摄入维生素E似乎不会危及健康

    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...