Vitamins & minerals

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High-dose vitamin D in pregnancy did not leave children with stronger bones at 13, a Danish trial found

Oct 14, 2026

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Vitamin C did not slow abnormal blood cell growth in a 109-person trial; an unplanned tally found fewer deaths

Oct 9, 2026

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Vitamin D2 or D3: what the evidence shows after a review found D2 supplements lower the body's D3

Oct 9, 2026

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Does vitamin D help after a heart attack? What the TARGET-D trial found

Sep 29, 2026

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Vitamin K2 and D3 supplements slowed coronary calcium buildup in a 398-person trial

Sep 29, 2026

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Can vitamin C cure a cold? What the trials show

Sep 28, 2026

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Chicken and eggs enriched with vitamin D held off the winter dip in 57 young adults, but a pill did more

Sep 22, 2026

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Vitamin D halved the return of positional vertigo over two years in 160 deficient patients

Sep 21, 2026

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Vitamin D at 1,600 or 3,200 IU a day did not cut fractures in older adults, most of whom were not deficient

Sep 14, 2026

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Vitamin D missed its target in depressed young people

Aug 16, 2026

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Calcium supplements: uses, evidence, dosing and safety

Aug 6, 2026

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Vitamin C: uses, evidence, dosing and safety

Aug 6, 2026

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High-dose vitamin D did not slow advanced bowel cancer

Aug 6, 2026

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Vitamin D: uses, evidence, dosing and safety

Aug 6, 2026

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Vitamin K status did not protect bone in a VITAL analysis

Aug 6, 2026

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Vitamin A, not D, tracked with better lungs in asthma

Jul 26, 2026

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US supplement use hit 60% as multivitamins fell and ashwagandha rose, across 25 years of data

Jul 25, 2026

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Calcium and vitamin D did little for fractures or falls

Jul 17, 2026