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Vitamin K2 Is Important for Vascular Health

Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin that has a significant influence on your bone, heart and cardiovascular health. Vitamin K1 (phylloquinone) is found in green leafy plants and is best known for the role that it plays in blood clotting. Vitamin K2 (menaquinones) comes in several forms, the most common of which are menaquinone-4 (MK-4)… Read More »

Why Standing May Be as Important as Exercise

During the pandemic, the already largely sedentary American population moved even less, with daily steps plunging by an average of 20%.1 With more people working from home, the tendency to sit at a computer for long hours is taking a toll on both physical and mental health, but the upside is that many are increasingly… Read More »

Reservoirs of HIV-infected cells that can’t be reached by antiretroviral therapy associated with an important marker of cardiovascular disease risk

The increased risk of cardiovascular disease observed in people with HIV taking effective antiretroviral therapy, even when they have an undetectable viral load, could be down to reservoirs of HIV-infected cells that cannot be reached by current treatments, according to research from San Francisco published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers found that higher levels of… Read More »