Systematic Reviews on Vitamins
Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of vitamins.
Reviewed January 2012
68 Resources Found
| Title: | Vitamin D supplementation for cystic fibrosis |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Cystic fibrosis with pancreatic insufficiency can cause vitamins, such as vitamin D, to be inadequately absorbed leading to vitamin deficiencies. Lack of vitamin D (vitamin D deficiency) can cause specific problems such as bone deformity and bone fractu... |
| Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Title: | Vitamin A supplementation to prevent mortality and short- and long-term morbidity in very low birthweight infants |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Vitamin A is a group of fat-soluble compounds used by the body for regulation and promotion of growth and differentiation of many cells, including cells in the retina of the eye and the cells that line the lung. Preterm infants have low vitamin A levels... |
| Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Title: | Vitamin C for preventing and treating tetanus |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Tetanus is a disease caused by tetanus toxin, which is produced by the bacterium Clostridium tetani. This bacterium typically infects penetrating wounds contaminated by foreign material such as soil. In developing countries, poor hygiene after childbirt... |
| Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Title: | Vitamin C for preventing and treating pneumonia |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs caused by bacteria, viruses or other infectious agents. Its clinical diagnosis is sometimes difficult. Pneumonia is more common in young children and in the aged. In low-income countries it causes two million death... |
| Date: | Apr 2011 |
| Title: | Folic acid for fragile X syndrome |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | People with fragile X syndrome (or FXS) have intellectual limitations that can range from mild to severe. Fragile X syndrome is considered the most common form of inherited intellectual disability and it has been estimated that it affects approximately ... |
| Date: | Apr 2011 |
| Title: | Vitamin A for treating measles in children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Measles is caused by a virus and possible complications include pneumonia. Measles is a major cause of death in children in low-income countries and is particularly dangerous in children with vitamin A deficiency. Eight studies involving 2574 participan... |
| Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Title: | Vitamin K prior to preterm birth for preventing neonatal periventricular haemorrhage |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Vitamin K given to women before a very preterm birth does not decrease the risk of bleeding in the brain and associated neurological injury in babies born very preterm. Babies born very early (before 34 weeks) are at risk of bleeding in the brain (periv... |
| Date: | Feb 2011 |
| Title: | Systematic Reviews on Vitamin D |
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| Publisher: | HealthInsite Topic Page |
| Description: | Links to systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of Vitamin D in the diet. |
| Date: | Feb 2011 |
| Title: | Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of mortality in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Numerous observational studies and randomised trials have observed that optimal vitamin D status has a positive effect on our health and may reduce cancers and cardiovascular diseases. However, a number of systematic reviews and meta-analyses on vitamin... |
| Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Title: | Routine vitamin A supplementation for the prevention of blindness due to measles infection in children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Annually 500,000 children become blind worldwide, 75% of them living in low-income countries. The major causes of blindness in children vary widely from region to region and are related to the standard of living of the community. Corneal scarring from m... |
| Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Title: | Carnitine supplementation for preterm infants with recurrent apnoea |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | More research is needed before the use of carnitine for the treatment of apnoea of prematurity can be recommended in clinical practice. Apnea of prematurity is a common problem in preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care setting (NICU). Recurrent ... |
| Date: | Dec 2010 |
| Title: | Oral zinc for treating diarrhoea in children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | In developing countries, millions of children suffer from severe diarrhoea every year. This is due to infection and malnutrition, and many die from dehydration due to the diarrhoea. Giving fluids by mouth (using an oral rehydration solution) has been sh... |
| Date: | Dec 2010 |
| Title: | Vitamin A supplementation for preventing morbidity and mortality in children from 6 months to 5 years of age |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a major public health problem in low and middle income countries affecting 190 million children under 5 years of age. VAD pre-disposes children to increased risk of a range of problems, including respiratory diseases, diarr... |
| Date: | Oct 2010 |
| Title: | Vitamin K supplementation for cystic fibrosis |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Cystic fibrosis is an inherited condition causing disease most noticeably in the lungs, digestive tract and pancreas. People with cystic fibrosis often have pancreatic insufficiency which may be linked to deficiencies of fat-soluble vitamins like vitami... |
| Date: | Oct 2010 |
| Title: | Retinoids for preventing the progression of cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Cervix cancer is preceded by cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). Surgery for CIN is effective at reducing the risk of subsequent invasive carcinoma. An effective chemo-preventive agent might avoid the need for surgery and reduce the cost and morbi... |
| Date: | Oct 2010 |
| Title: | Vitamin A supplementation during pregnancy for maternal and newborn outcomes |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin derived from the retinoids retinal and retinoic acid, found in liver, kidney, eggs, and dairy produce. Carotenoids are converted to vitamin A in the liver, where vitamin A is stored; beta-carotene is found in dark or y... |
| Date: | Oct 2010 |
| Title: | Vitamin A supplementation for reducing the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV is the primary way that children become infected with HIV. More than 1000 children worldwide are infected in this way every day. Researchers theorized that giving vitamin A supplements to HIV-infected pregnant ... |
| Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Title: | Vitamin A supplementation for postpartum women |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | While the amount of vitamin A in well-nourished mothers' breast milk is sufficient to meet the needs of their infants, this may not be the case for mothers from populations with vitamin A deficiency. Therefore, trials have tested whether giving mothers... |
| Date: | Aug 2010 |
| Title: | Effects and safety of periconceptional folate supplementation for preventing birth defects |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Folic acid is a synthetic form of folate used in supplements and fortified foods (like wheat and maize flour) to reduce the occurrence of neural tube defects (NTDs). These include spina bifida (or cleft spine), where there is an opening in one or more o... |
| Date: | Aug 2010 |
| Title: | Vitamin A for non-measles pneumonia in children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Acute respiratory infections, mostly in the form of pneumonia, are the leading cause of death in children under five years of age living in low-income countries. Vitamin A supplementation has been found to reduce mortality and the severity of respirator... |
| Date: | Aug 2010 |
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