Vitamins And Minerals

Death rates surge with inadequate vitamin D

December 13, 2009

Insufficient levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) appear to be a major contributor to deaths in older adults.
 

Vitamin B12 soothes oral ulcers

April 13, 2009

A nightly dose of vitamin B12 is an easy, effective, and inexpensive therapy for recurrent aphthous stomatitis, an Israeli study reports.
 

Of what value are folate levels?

Question by Steven M. Schwartz, MD, Bronx, N.Y.; response by Susan Kashaf, MD, MPH March 16, 2009

All my colleagues and I continue to check patients' vitamin B12 and folate levels daily. Is this no longer the recommended standard?
 

Diet tips for heart failure, COPD updated

March 11, 2009

Registered dietitians have some new advice for your patients with heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, now that the American Dietetic Association has published evidence-based guidelines for providing nutrition treatment to patients with these conditions.
 

Vitamin soothes aphthous stomatitis

By Myra Dembrow January 30, 2009

A nightly dose of vitamin B12 is an easy, effective, and inexpensive therapy for recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS), an Israeli study reports.
 

Vitamin D prophylaxis for osteoporosis?

Question asked bu Luan Q. Pho, MD, Allen, Tex., and answered by Jack Waxman, MD January 23, 2009

The role of vitamin D in osteoporosis
 

Antioxidant-cancer protection link? No, say studies

January 05, 2009

Antioxidant supplementation has no effect on cancer risks, according to a pair of large longitudinal trials, leading one of them to be cut short.
 

Administering B12

Question asked by Isaac Blum, MD, Bronx, N.Y., and answered by Christopher Ruser, MD December 16, 2008

How should vitamin B12 be administered? I have read that injections are not necessary for administering vitamin B12—even in gastrectomy patients.
 

Replacing B12 in a pregnant patient

Questions posed by James E. Gaydos, DO, Montpelier, Vt., and answered by Gwen L. Nichols, MD November 24, 2008

In the course of working up a patient for chronic lower back pain, I discovered that her vitamin B12 level was in the second percentile (195 pg/mL; normal 180-900). She then told me that she was three weeks pregnant....
 

"Critical" INR levels

Question posed by Wendell B. Phillips, DO, Phoenix, and answered by Michael J. Flamm, MD November 20, 2008

It never fails. It's 3 AM and the local lab calls regarding Mr. Jones' "critical" international normalized ratio (INR) of 6.8, 8.4, etc. In the asymptomatic patient...
 

5 nutritional deficiencies and how to correct them

By Steven Masley, MD November 17, 2008

Patients may not be getting all the nutrients they need. You can help them eat their way to better health.
 

Optimal vitamin D for good bone health

Question raised by Robert Blereau, MD, Morgan City, La. and answered by James P. Richardson, MD, MPH September 18, 2008

The currently accepted lower limit of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) for optimal bone health, 32 ng/mL, and how to achieve it
 

Sunblock and vitamin D production

Question raised by Stephen S. Falkowski, DO, Marlton, N.J., and answered by Jeffrey M. Weinberg, MD April 24, 2008

Does the use of sunblock inhibit the skin's production of vitamin D from sunlight? Is this something we should be concerned about in women with osteoporosis?
 

Effective B12 administration

Question by Robert E. Lowenstein, MD, PhD, Clinton, N.Y.; answer by Susan Kashaf, MD, MPH February 15, 2006

Can oral vitamin B12 supplementation substitute for parenteral administration?
 

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