Compounds in certain foods you eat can bind to iron and prevent absorption, thereby reducing the amount of iron your body receives. Both of these compounds are essential to good health but can also ...

A teacher at Drakensburg Secondary School in South Africa is under investigation for allegedly cutting off a Hindu student's religious thread. The South African Hindu Maha Sabha has condemned the ...

Vitamins are classified as either fat-soluble or water-soluble based on how the body absorbs and stores them. The fat-soluble vitamins—A, D, E, and K—are absorbed with fat and stored in the liver, ...

Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstr. 29, Heidelberg 69120, Germany ...