Pregnant women with either low or excessively high levels of folate in their blood may face a greater risk of their children developing congenital heart disease, according to a study from Guangdong ...

In a recent study published in the European Journal of Nutrition, Australian researchers examined whether magnesium deficiency in the healthy middle-aged Australian population was independently or in ...

We may have the final word on homocysteine: higher blood levels of the amino acid don’t raise people’s risk of heart disease after all. Several decades ago, studies of children born with an unusual ...

Chicago, IL - Authors of one of the longest-duration study looking at folic-acid/B-vitamin supplementation to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events say homocysteine is likely still a useful marker ...

While cholesterol levels often dominate heart-health discussions and routine blood tests, research has highlighted another important predictor of strokes. The sulfur-containing amino acid called ...

“Homocysteine? What’s that?” you ask. I know. You and almost every one of my patients gets that same bewildered look when I mention homocysteine. It’s a technical word that you will not hear on a TV ...

One day I told a patient that I wanted to check his homocysteine level. He looked perplexed and a little bit anxious and then he exclaimed, "Doc, you don't need to check no homo- nuttin' in me!" I ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Those with at least 15 µmol/L plasma homocysteine had a high concentration. The likelihood for having OSA at an ...