Article: Remedies to prevent heart disease questioned B vitamins may not help those at risk

Article: DR. KILMER McCULLY'S B-VITAMIN BREAKTHROUGH.(discussion of ...
Saturday Evening Post;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... greater risk for high homocysteine levels? A: Recent studies ... diet have higher homocysteine levels and increased risk of coronary heart disease. Many medical centers ... strokes from high homocysteine levels, is tissue plasminogen ...

Article: Alzheimer's blood test may be reality Seniors with high ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  February 14, 2002 ;     544 words ... ... developed Alzheimer's. Homocysteine levels can be lowered by getting ... show whether lowering homocysteine levels can, in fact, ward ... know that elevated homocysteine levels can raise the risk of heart disease and stroke, and stroke ...

Article: Higher homocysteine levels in pregnant black women ...
Heart Disease Weekly;  May 16, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... But, since high homocysteine levels have been linked ... risk of coronary heart disease and stroke, though ... she said. Blood homocysteine levels are strongly influenced ... researchers found that homocysteine levels were higher in ...

Article: Indian Roots, Homocysteine.(East Indians living in the United ...
Family Practice News;  May 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... have higher plasma homocysteine levels than do whites ... rate of coronary heart disease, according to ... assessed plasma homocysteine levels in 294 white and ... supplements to reduce homocysteine levels may provide a simple ...

Article: It's important to supplement with vitamin B6 in addition to folic ...
Environmental Nutrition;  May 1, 2001 ;     586 words ... ... in addition to folic acid and vitamin B12 when trying to lower blood homocysteine levels. Although folic acid and B 12 lower homocysteine (a risk factor for heart disease) dramatically, researchers in Northern Ireland found that supplementing ...

Article: Niacin raises homocysteine levels.
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients;  February 1, 2001 ;     638 words ... ... showed that supplementation with niacin reduced heart disease-related mortality. Evidently, the lipid ... niacin are more important than its effects on homocysteine levels. A logical assumption is that adding. vitamin ...

Article: High homocysteine levels may double risk of ...
Pain & Central Nervous System Week;  March 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... the first to tie homocysteine levels measured several ... various forms of heart disease. The dementia ... opportunity to look at homocysteine levels in a group of people ... between elevated homocysteine levels and dementia ...