Vitamins and supplements are a booming industry. And while there are many important supplements that benefit people with specific deficiencies or certain health conditions, research shows and experts ...

Take a look in your medicine cabinet or pill box right now, and along with the medications prescribed by your doctor, you probably have at least a few vitamins and other supplements. Nearly 60 percent ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. You’ve probably heard that some supplements shouldn’t ...

Should you add colostrum to your daily diet? On social media, influencers add scoops of the powder to drinks. On podcasts, ads for the supplement tout it for a number of benefits: better immunity, ...

Inflammation has two faces. It can be short-lived like the swelling after a twisted ankle or a two-day fever when you get a mild flu, both part of the healing process. Or it can be a longer-lasting ...

Acid reflux refers to the flow of stomach acid back into your esophagus, a connecting tube between your throat and stomach. It is also known as gastroesophageal reflux and occurs as heartburn, a ...

But why should you care about vitamin D in the first place? “Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin (that functions more like a hormone in the body) found in foods and produced endogenously when ...

Your body needs a wide range of vitamins and nutrients to run efficiently, but there are some that are harder to get from foods than others. Vitamin D is one of them. While some foods do contain ...

Editor’s note: The podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the medical science behind some of life’s mysteries big and small. You can listen to episodes here. But exactly how many things ...

Dietary supplements are more popular than ever. Vitamins, minerals, herbs, enzymes and other botanicals are now a mainstay in medicine cabinets. Three in four Americans take at least one dietary ...

A new study suggests that a supplement popular in longevity circles may not be the anti-aging breakthrough it’s been cracked up to be. The findings cast doubt on earlier research that hyped it as a ...

If you are buying vitamins or supplements, Dr. Glazier recommends looking for a reputable brand, since all brands are not made equally, and ideally one whose product has been reviewed by an ...