Study examines outcomes of lowering homocysteine levels with folic acid and vitamin B12
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 17:32
in Health & Medicine
Patients who had experienced a heart attack and lowered their blood homocysteine levels with folic acid and vitamin B12 supplementation did not have an associated lower risk of heart attack, coronary death or stroke, according to a study in the June 23/30 issue of JAMA. However, the researchers did find that folic acid supplementation did not increase the risk of cancer, which has been speculated.