October 22, 2020

Review Supports Link Between Omega-3 Levels & Cognitive Benefits In Kids

Omega-3 supplements may indeed offer cognitive benefits for children, but only after omega-3 levels reach a certain threshold, says a new review of the scientific literature.
October 19, 2020

PRESS RELEASE: Placebo-controlled clinical study documents that Vitamin C greatly reduces mortality in patients at life-threatening stage of COVID-19: Effective, safe, and readily available way to help control the global pandemic

October 15, 2020

United Nations World Food Programme Wins Nobel Peace Prize

The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the United Nations World Food Programme.
October 15, 2020

Professional View Of Vitamin D Jeopardizing Elderly Care Home Residents’ Health

The professional perception of vitamin D as a medicine, rather than as a key nutrient, is constraining practice and jeopardizing the health of elderly care home residents in England, conclude researchers in the journal BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health.
October 15, 2020

Ten Or More Medications, Often Prescribed To Older Heart Failure Patients, Raises Concerns

More than half of older patients hospitalized for heart failure, a progressive condition in which the heart doesn't pump blood as well as it should, are discharged from the hospital with prescriptions for 10 or more medications, according to new research published in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart Association journal.
October 15, 2020

Vitamin D Deficiency Increased Risk Of Coronavirus Infection In Healthcare Workers, New Study Shows

Healthcare workers who self-isolated after developing symptoms of coronavirus infection were more likely to have a vitamin D deficiency, with workers from Black, Asian, or ethnic minority backgrounds particularly affected, a new study has found.
October 15, 2020

Bayer & BASF Fight To Keep Weedkiller On U.S. Farms

Chemical makers Bayer and BASF are pushing to keep a controversial weedkiller on the market after a federal court blocked its use in U.S. soybean and cotton fields.
October 9, 2020

The Nazi Roots of the “Brussels EU”