A SINGLE pill to fix all ailments sounds like the Holy Grail of medicine – and while it doesn’t quite exist yet, the good ...

Almost all successful anti-fracture clinical trials have used vitamin D3 at a dosage of at least 800 IU/day (20 mcg per day).

Stepping past 40, navigating body shifts becomes important for men. A big change often involves your hormone levels, like ...

Low vitamin B12 can have neurological and psychiatric manifestations. If your neurologist or oncologist was worried about pernicious anemia, they would recommend oral doses of 1,000-2,000 mcg daily, ...

The 2.4 mcg of B12 that is fine for most people is totally inadequate when it comes to pernicious anemia. Low vitamin B12 can have neurological and psychiatric manifestations.

However, the neurologist told me to take 2,000 mcg of B12 daily. My multivitamin has 100 mcg, which is 4,167% of the daily value (DV). As I understand the recommended DV is 2.4 mcg, and for those over ...

There are a few key differences between vitamin D2 vs. D3. Learn what they are and why they matter.

A 2022 study of National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) data estimated that about 22% of Americans have a moderate vitamin D deficiency. That number was higher in women, African ...

When the sun is out, your body can potentially make its own vitamin D, but it still may make sense to continue with supplements even in the summer.

If the vitamin D blood test was 30 ng/ml (75 nmol/L) and a 40 ng/ml (100 nmol/L) level was desired, 1,000 IU (25 mcg) of vitamin D per day over several months should be taken to achieve a normal ...

Experts break down new research that says vitamin D may prolong life by slowing the shortening of telomeres, protective caps on chromosomes that wear with age.