If you get the Daily Mail, you've probably read the story they broke about Professor Jean Golding, of the Institute of Child Health in Bristol, who recently performed a study showing a link betw ...
Babies given regular oral doses of vitamin K for the first three months may have better protection against excessive bleeding or hemorrhage. ...
New controversy surrounds the issue of whether injecting vitamin K in newborns to prevent haemorrhagic disease can cause childhood leukemia. ...
When I read the medical literature, I wonder why on earth anybody bothers carrying out medical studies. ...
One reader is expecting a baby next March, and she's wondering just how necessary are the vitamin K injections and drops given to the baby. It's an issue that triggered a postbag of responses from you, offering a wide variety of opinions.
Warfarin (Coumadin) is an anticoagulant, or blood-thinning agent, which works by inhibiting vitamin K-coagulation factors. Verapamil is a calcium-channel blocker and digoxin,
There seems to be no particular benefit to giving every infants vitamin K to prevent haemorrhagic disease of the newborn. ...
The disproportionate focus on calcium as the most important bone builder means that many women and men at risk from osteoporosis miss out on other equally important nutrients.
If you have a lot to say about vitamin K injections, you have even more to say about noni juice. A reader last time wanted to know more about noni juice and Supergreens.
Q:How safe and effective are oral vitamin K preparations? W L, Boston.... ...