A common vitamin called niacin may increase the risk of heart disease, a new study suggests, though complete elimination of niacin from the diet isn’t necessary, and researchers say more regulation ...

B vitamins can be confusing. There are eight of them, and some numbers are skipped. B vitamins consist of: B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B7, B9, and B12. B12 (cobalamin) is usually the vitamin that gets all the ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a woman in my late 60s with a family history that includes an older brother who had a heart attack at a young age. My total cholesterol has hovered around 200 mg/dL for many years ...

If you’re on niacin for high cholesterol, you should probably dump it. A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine showed a 9 percent increase in death among those taking niacin. There are ...

(HealthDay News) — A targeted microbiome intervention, accomplished through microencapsulated delayed-release niacin, beneficially affects insulin sensitivity in humans, according to a study published ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dear Dr. Roach • I have been taking niacin for many years. What side effects should I be looking for? My cardiologist recently ...

DENVER—Niacin treatment is known to lower phosphorus levels in patients with stage 5 CKD and hyperphosphatemia, but new findings show that this effect extends across a broad spectrum of renal function ...

Investigators performed an untargeted metabolomics analysis of fasting plasma from stable cardiac patients in a prospective discovery cohort of 1162 individuals (36% women). Additional analyses were ...