ALLMedicine™ Vitamin C Center

Nov 17th, 2021 - Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is an essential water-soluble antioxidant, and deficiency (ie, plasma level <11 μmol/L) can result in scurvy. People at the highest risk for vitamin C deficiency (ie, scurvy) are those with inadequate intake, such as pati...

Nov 16th, 2021 - Apolipoprotein E E4 (APOE4) is a risk factor for cognitive decline. A high blood vitamin C (VC) level reduces APOE4-associated risk of developing cognitive decline in women. In the present study, we aimed to examine the effects of functional varia...

Nov 10th, 2021 - We aimed to compare the effects of vitamin C, glucocorticoids, vitamin B1, combinations of these drugs, and placebo or usual care on longer-term mortality in adults with sepsis or septic shock. MEDLINE, Embase, CENTRAL, ClinicalTrials.gov and WHO-...

Nov 3rd, 2021 - Vitamin E (α-tocopherol; VE) is known to be regenerated from VE radicals by vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid; VC) in vitro. However, their in vivo interaction in various tissues is still unclear. Therefore, we alternatively examined the in vivo interact...

Nov 1st, 2021 - Besides actions including their venotonic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-oxidant effects, venoactive drugs are expected to act on edema via their action on lymphatics. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the combination of Rusc...

Feb 25th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among critically ill patients with sepsis, treatment with hydrocortisone, vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and thiamine (HAT) did not improve outcome in the randomized controlled VICTAS trial. "Our study suggested that the lar...

May 16th, 2013 - Vitamin C added little to the urate-lowering effect of standard gout treatment and was clinically ineffective when used alone, according to a small randomized trial published online May 16 in Arthritis & Rheumatism. According to lead author Lisa S...

May 16th, 2013 - Vitamin C added little to the urate-lowering effect of standard gout treatment and was clinically ineffective when used alone, according to a small randomized trial published online May 16 in Arthritis & Rheumatism. According to lead author Lisa S...

Feb 8th, 2013 - A meta-analysis of 72 trials examining the benefits of regular vitamin C supplementation concludes that although vitamin C may have a modest yet consistent effect on the duration of colds, it has no effect on the incidence of colds, except in peop...

High doses of vitamin E significantly decreased in-hospital mortality following a traumatic brain injury in the first-ever randomized, controlled clinical trial of this treatment. High doses of the vitamin cut in-hospital mortality from traumatic.