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 ...

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 ...

Dear Dr. Roach • I have been taking niacin for many years. What side effects should I be looking for? My cardiologist recently added Lipitor to my medications, which tells me that the niacin was not ...

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 ...

Niacin, or vitamin B3, is essential for converting food to energy, as well as DNA creation and repair. While high doses can lower cholesterol, they pose cardiovascular risks, have side effects, and ...

Researchers have identified a new pathway that contributes to cardiovascular disease associated with high levels of niacin, a common B vitamin previously recommended to lower cholesterol. The team ...

People with high levels of niacin, also known as vitamin B3, in their blood may be more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than those with lower levels. Excessive amounts of the vitamin, which is ...

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

In a recent large-scale prospective cohort study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers evaluated whether higher dietary niacin intake lowers the risk of all-cause, heart and cerebrovascular ...

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 ...

Vitamin B3, also known as niacin, plays a vital role in maintaining a healthy liver. It helps the liver process fats ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have been taking niacin for many years. What side effects should I be looking for? My cardiologist recently added Lipitor to my medications, which tells me that the niacin was not ...