Vitamin B12 and folate alleviate negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia
Adding the dietary supplements folate and vitamin B12 to treatment with antipsychotic medication improved a core symptom component of schizophrenia in a study of more than 100 patients. The study focused on negative symptoms of schizophrenia – which include apathy, social withdrawal, and a lack of emotional expressiveness. While the level of improvement across all [...]
Study Finds Folic Acid May Decrease Risk For Autism
Getty Images/Dorling Kindersley / Getty Images/Dorling Kindersley Folic acid pills in blister pack, single pill shown removed from packaging Folic acid is already recommended to prevent birth defects, but the supplement could lower risk of autism as well. In the U.S., grain and cereal makers have been supplementing breads and other products with folic acid [...]
Pediatricians Need to Be More Aware of Alternative Medicine Use Among Children
Imagezoo / Ellia Hill / Getty Images Your child’s pediatrician isn’t likely to ask whether you are giving your youngsters herbs or treating them to acupuncture. But enough children are now using alternative therapies that physicians should be inquiring about it and parents need to volunteer information about any complementary medicine approaches their children are [...]
Choline supplementation during pregnancy presents a new approach to schizophrenia prevention
Choline, an essential nutrient similar to the B vitamin and found in foods such as liver, muscle meats, fish, nuts and eggs, when given as a dietary supplement in the last two trimesters of pregnancy and in early infancy, is showing a lower rate of physiological schizophrenic risk factors in infants 33 days old. The [...]
Treating vitamin D deficiency may improve depression
Women with moderate to severe depression had substantial improvement in their symptoms of depression after they received treatment for their vitamin D deficiency, a new study finds. The case report series was presented June 23 at The Endocrine Society’s 94th Annual Meeting in Houston. Because the women did not change their antidepressant medications or other [...]
