Vitamin C: Three Things To Know

Vitamin C or ascorbic acid is an essential vitamin for body functioning, and because humans cannot synthesize it(1), our main source of Vitamin C is food. Vitamin C pills are also a source of the vitamin and contain either vitamin C alone or in combination with other vitamins and elements. [...]

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Optimizing Medication Use: Key Principles of AGS Beers Criteria for Prescribers

What is Beers criteria about? Updated by the American Geriatric society (AGS), Beers criteria is a list of medications that are potentially inappropriate to use in older adults because their risks of adverse events is higher in this group age of patients. The tool was first developed by Mark Beers, [...]

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Favism or G6PD Deficiency: What You Need to Know

You've probably heard of or known someone who can't eat fava beans or can't take certain medications. This individual has a condition known as G6PD deficiency. What is G6PD and how does it influence your body, making you intolerant to certain foods and medications? What is G6PD: Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase [...]

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Vitamin C: Three Things To Know

Vitamin C or ascorbic acid is an essential vitamin for body functioning, and because humans cannot synthesize it(1), our main source of Vitamin C is food. Vitamin C…
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August 24, 2022

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