Latest News on Vitamins and Health

Vitamin K2 Improves Bone Density Following Organ Transplants, Finds Springfield Nutraceuticals
Wednesday March 31st 2010, 9:36 pm

OUD-BEIJERLAND, Netherlands----Loss of bone mass is a recognised problem in transplant patients, who regularly receive extra calcium and vitamin D postoperatively to help prevent osteoporosis . [News Source]

Vitamin K2 Improves Bone Density Following Organ … - PR Inside
Wednesday March 31st 2010, 9:31 pm

It is evident from a number of studies that a combination of vitamin D with vitamin K2 and calcium is more effective in the prevention of bone decalcification than the separate vitamins together with calcium, or than calcium alone. Dr. [News Source]

The right way to be a vegetarian
Wednesday March 31st 2010, 6:54 pm

There's more to being a vegetarian than just cutting meat out of one's diet and loading up on heart-healthy vegetables. In fact, doing just that can be a recipe for vitamin deficiencies and poor health, according to local registered nutritional consultant and author Kathy Smart... [News Source]

Regulation: Time to catch up with the vitamin D science?
Wednesday March 31st 2010, 5:56 pm

In the second part of our vitamin D special edition, we unpick some of the regulatory concerns surrounding the 'sunshine vitamin'. [News Source]

Bad chemistry: The poison in the plastic that surrounds us.
Wednesday March 31st 2010, 10:00 am

Could a ubiquitous chemical-- bisphenol A--, found in everything from food cans to baby bottles, be killing us? [News Source]

Suppliers surmounting vitamin D fortification challenges (Nutraingredients.com)
Wednesday March 31st 2010, 3:11 am

A number of market forms of vitamin D are available to boost a product’s Vitamin D content, such as D 2 (ergocalciferol) and D 3 (cholecalciferol). [News Source]

Suppliers surmounting vitamin D fortification challenges (Nutraingredients.com)
Wednesday March 31st 2010, 3:11 am

A number of market forms of vitamin D are available to boost a product’s Vitamin D content, such as D 2 (ergocalciferol) and D 3 (cholecalciferol). [News Source]

The Good and Bad of Vitamins - Parade
Tuesday March 30th 2010, 7:59 pm

Over the past year, a number of studies have looked at vitamin use and failed to find any significant health benefits. In November 2008, results from the Physicians’ Health Study II, a clinical trial of nearly 15,000 male doctors, revealed that ... [News Source]

Vitamin Launches New Brand and Web Site for Lang Orthodontics (dBusinessNews.com)
Tuesday March 30th 2010, 4:37 pm

Baltimore - The boutique design-web-public relations firm Vitamin® announced today the launch of a new brand and new web site for Lang Orthodontics , a “2010 Best of Baltimore” orthodontics practice with two locations in Greater Baltimore (Lutherville and Ellicott City) and more than 30 years of experience in treating bite problems. [News Source]

Canadians turning to vitamin cocktails to boost energy, health
Tuesday March 30th 2010, 12:55 pm

John Dempster is a naturopathic doctor based in Toronto. [News Source]

DRUG FIEND: Addict nurse steal patients’ morphine
Tuesday March 30th 2010, 11:44 am

A WARRNAMBOOL critical care nurse has been fined after stealing morphine which led to critical care unit patients receiving vitamins instead of their pain relief. Morphine addict Ashley Pitm [News Source]

Conference To Set The Research Agenda On Vitamin D In Health And Disease (Medical News Today)
Tuesday March 30th 2010, 11:20 am

An important conference on the actions of Vitamin D on human health is being hosted by Barts and The London Medical School and the MRC Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma... [News Source]