Vitamin Deficiency in Later Life

Fifty percent of adults 65 and over have insufficient levels of Vitamin D, according to European researchers. That conclusion was reached in a study conducted by investigators at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, as part of the population-based KORA-Age study in the region of Augsburg in southern Germany. Moreover, as the authors of the study report… Continue reading Vitamin Deficiency in Later Life

Vitamin B12 May Not Help Everybody

Although taking Vitamin B12 helps older people who have a serious deficiency of the substance, it doesn’t improve neurological or cognitive function in older people with only moderate B12 deficiency, according to a new study. The research, from investigators at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, was published in the American Journal of… Continue reading Vitamin B12 May Not Help Everybody