We may have the final word on homocysteine: higher blood levels of the amino acid don’t raise people’s risk of heart disease after all. Several decades ago, studies of children born with an unusual ...

Maternal serum folate levels during early to midpregnancy show a U-shaped association with congenital heart disease (CHD) risk in offspring. Both low and high folate levels are linked to an increased ...

While cholesterol levels often dominate heart-health discussions and routine blood tests, research has highlighted another important predictor of strokes. The sulfur-containing amino acid called ...

Chicago, IL - Authors of one of the longest-duration study looking at folic-acid/B-vitamin supplementation to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events say homocysteine is likely still a useful marker ...

“Homocysteine? What’s that?” you ask. I know. You and almost every one of my patients gets that same bewildered look when I mention homocysteine. It’s a technical word that you will not hear on a TV ...

One day I told a patient that I wanted to check his homocysteine level. He looked perplexed and a little bit anxious and then he exclaimed, "Doc, you don't need to check no homo- nuttin' in me!" I ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Those with at least 15 µmol/L plasma homocysteine had a high concentration. The likelihood for having OSA at an ...