Could your “healthy” vitamin B12 levels still be putting you at risk for cognitive decline? A new UCSF study suggests normal B12 levels may not protect against decline in older adults.

Chronic inflammation is known to contribute to a wide range of health issues, especially those related to the heart, ...

Vitamin B12 deficiency in the elderly Publish Date February 17, 2011 Several of my elderly patients (older than age 75 years) were initially vitamin B12-deficient.

A new study has found that, in older people, both lower and higher levels of vitamin B12 may be associated with cognitive issues, even when these levels are within the normal range. Vitamin B12 ...

Dosages for Older People. When you’re in your 60s you should officially start getting blood tests to test for vitamin B12 deficiency. Around this age, you should be getting around 2.4 micrograms ...

The need for further research is to determine if the use of methyl B12 and antioxidants like glutathione as ... ‘Healthy elderly people in the age range of 61-80 have about three times lower ...

Lachner C, Martin C, John D, Nekkalapu S, Sasan A, Steinle N, Regenold WT: Older adult psychiatric inpatients with non-cognitive disorders should be screened for vitamin B12 deficiency. J Nutrition, ...