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Importance Of Vitamin B12
Health Encyclopedia: Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 is a water-soluble vitamin. Water-soluble vitamins dissolve in water. The body cannot store them. After the body uses the vitamin, leftover amounts leave the body through the urine. That means you need a continuous supply of the vitamins in your diet.
Function
Vitamin B12, like the other B vitamins, is important for
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Expert & Community Posts
Study Shows B Vitamin Deficiencies Contribute to Memory Disorder
By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert...learning and memory compared with normal mice." Vitamin B12 has been extensively studied, and... Read more »
Take Me Out of the Steroid Game: Implications for MS and Healthcare
By Dr. Gross , Health Expert...rather than anabolic steroids and HGH, Brian gave him Vitamin B 12 and Lidocaine shots. That's a... Read more »
Do I Need to Be on Any Medications After a Terminal Ileum Resection?
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert...doses of 1 gram twice a day. Supplementation with vitamin B12 is also indicated, as it is... Read more »
H2 Blockers and Cognitive Risk: Don't worry, our doctor says.
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert...Possible mechanisms include H2 blocker induced vitamin B12 deficiency or possible central... Read more »
Anemia Part 2: Folic Acid and B-12
By Jennifer Rackley , Health Expert...the most common culprits are folic acid (b9) and vitamin b12. In this type of anemia the... Read more »
Health Guide
Vitamin B12
...Vitamin B12 is found in eggs, meat, poultry, shellfish, milk, and milk products. Read more »Pernicious anemia
Macrocytic achylic anemia; Congenital pernicious anemia; Juvenile pernicious anemia; Vitamin B-12 deficiency (malabsorption) Symptoms Many cells in our... Read more »Schilling test
Vitamin B-12 absorption test Read more »Vitamin B12
Side Effects Vitamin B12 deficiencies occur when the body is unable to properly use the vitamin. Pernicious anemia can make the body unable to absorb vitamin B12 from the intestinal tract. ... Read more »Pernicious anemia
... Prevention Pernicious anemia is not preventable, but with early detection and treatment of vitamin B12 deficiency, complications are readily controlled. Read more »Images
Medications
Esomeprazole works by blocking acid production in the stomach. This medication is known as a proton... Read more »
...serious side effects occur: signs of low levels of vitamin B12 (e.g., unusual weakness, ... Read more »
Lansoprazole works by blocking acid production in the stomach. This medication is known as a proton... Read more »
Lansoprazole works by blocking acid production in the stomach. This medication is known as a proton... Read more »
Lansoprazole works by blocking acid production in the stomach. This medication is known as a proton... Read more »
Related News
B Vitamins Dont Help Heart Patients
August 21, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Taking B vitamins and folic acid may not do much to help patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Previous research has... Read summary »
Vitamin B12 Good for Older Brains
September 15, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Senior citizens interested in hanging on to their brain power may want to increase the amount of meat, fish and milk in their... Read summary »
Heavier Through the Generations
July 29, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) There may be a reason Americans keep getting heavier from generation to generation. A new study from Baylor College of Medicine... Read summary »
Vitamins Dont Prevent Heart Disease
May 15, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study finds women who take folic acid and B vitamins do not reduce their overall risk for a heart attack. The study... Read summary »
Overview: Acid-reflux drugs may cause vitamin B12 deficiency
October 02, 2008In this overview of acid-reflux health, Harvard physician Mary Pickett warns of possible vitamin B12 deficiency from long-term use of proton-pump... Read summary »
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