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Vitamin B
Follow the links below to find information on the benefits and role of the B complex vitamins in your diet.
Reviewed January 2012
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| Title: | Water soluble vitamins |
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| Publisher: | Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia) |
| Description: | This topic is about vitamin C and the B group vitamins - the water soluble vitamins. |
| Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Title: | Vegetarian eating |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Vegetarians are people who don' t eat meat or seafood and may not eat eggs or dairy foods. Vegans consume only plant foods. A vegetarian diet has many health benefits. With careful planning, a vegetarian diet can provide all your essential nutritional needs. |
| Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Title: | Vitamin B |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | There are eight B-group vitamins, which are essential for bodily functions such as energy production and making red blood cells. These water-soluble vitamins are easily destroyed when cooking or processing food. If planning a pregnancy, women should consider taking folic acid (folate) supplements to reduce the risk of conditions such as spina bifida in the baby. |
| Date: | Dec 2011 |
| Title: | IV Thiamine (access to) |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | The TGA is notifying clinicians that is no longer possible to extend the previous exemption for Baxter Healthcare to supply IV Thiamine in Australia. |
| Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Title: | Pernicious anaemia - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | Find out about the causes, symptoms and treatment for pernicious anaemia, slso called vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia. |
| Date: | Jan 2009 |
| Title: | Vitamin B6 for cognition |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Micronutrient status can affect cognitive function at all ages. Vitamin deficiencies could influence memory function and might contribute to age-associated cognitive impairment and dementia. Vitamin B6 is involved in the regulation of mental function an... |
| Date: | Apr 2008 |
| Title: | Acetyl-l-carnitine for dementia |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Acetyl-l-carnitine (ALC) is derived from carnitine and is described as having several properties which may be beneficial in dementia. Early studies suggested a beneficial effect of ALC on cognition and behaviour in aging subjects. However, later, larger... |
| Date: | Nov 2007 |
| Title: | Vitamin B12 for cognition |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Vitamin B12 is essential for maintaining normal function of the nervous system, but the relationship between vitamin B12 and cognitive function is not fully understood. From the three studies involving people with dementia or cognitive impairment and lo... |
| Date: | Jan 2006 |
| Title: | Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) supplementation in pregnancy |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | No evidence that routine supplementation with vitamin B6 during pregnancy is of any benefit and it may cause harm if too much is taken. B6 is a water-soluble vitamin which helps with the development of the nervous system. B6 is contained in many foods i... |
| Date: | Dec 2005 |
| Title: | Vitamin B for treating peripheral neuropathy |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Peripheral neuropathy is a disorder of the peripheral nerves resulting from different causes, such as diabetes mellitus and alcoholism, leading to pain, numbness or weakness of the limbs and other problems. Vitamin B is commonly used to treat peripheral... |
| Date: | Sep 2005 |
| Title: | Combined vitamin B6-magnesium treatment in autism spectrum disorder |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Studies investigating the effect of vitamin B6 in improving the behaviour of children with autism spectrum disorder have been reported for over three decades. The purpose of this review was to summarize those studies and analyse the effectiveness of vit... |
| Date: | Apr 2005 |
| Title: | Oral vitamin B12 versus intramuscular vitamin B12 for vitamin B12 deficiency |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause anaemia and neurological complications. Vitamin B12 is rarely prescribed in the oral form in most countries. Two randomised controlled studies were included in this review. The trials recruited a total of 108 participant... |
| Date: | Dec 2004 |
| Title: | Inositol for respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Supplementing preterm babies who have respiratory distress with the nutrient inositol may reduce death and disability. Inositol is an essential nutrient for cells, with high concentrations in breast milk (particularly breast milk when babies have been b... |
| Date: | Jul 2003 |
| Title: | Herbal and dietary therapies for primary and secondary dysmenorrhoea |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Dysmenorrhoea is a very common complaint that refers to painful menstrual cramps in the uterus. When the pain is associated with a recognised condition such as endometriosis, it is called secondary dysmenorrhoea. Primary dysmenorrhoea refers to pain of ... |
| Date: | Feb 2001 |
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