Providing patients with structured exercise and nutrition support before surgery can reduce complications and shorten hospital stays, according to a new review published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS).

Women taking antiseizure medication for epilepsy have around a 45 percent reduced risk of major congenital anomalies in their children – if they initiate high-dose folic acid before pregnancy.

Pre- and post-natal vitamin B12 supplements for pregnant vegetarian women may improve neurodevelopment scores for their infants, says a new large, multi-center, double-blind randomized controlled trial.

New research followed nearly 800 participants for more than a decade and a half, examining whether vitamin D levels measured in their 30s were linked to changes in the brain in later life. Individuals with higher circulating levels of vitamin D had lower accumulations of tau – a protein that forms damaging tangles in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease – when scanned roughly 16 years later.

India’s doctors are being urged to rethink recovery as more than just symptom control, following the release of the country’s first formal guidelines on the clinical use of micronutrients in patient care.

New research suggests that vitamin D supplements can reshape how the immune system responds to gut bacteria in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, potentially nudging the body toward a more protective, less inflammatory state.

A new study suggests that vitamin B3 may help reduce liver fat and improve function by targeting a key molecular trigger behind fatty liver disease, offering a simple and affordable treatment possibility.

Older adults with sarcopenia who took a combination of arginine and fish oil improved grip strength, gait speed and frailty and physical activity scores, according to a 12-week study.