Stan Gardner M.D.
Stan Gardner M.D.
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B Vitamins and Urine Color

December 18th, 2009 · 11:49 AM

So, are you saying that if we take the B vitamins and excrete that fluorescent urine, that it means we are excreting something that needs to be excreted? And that at some point it will turn back to the typical straw color?
Riboflavin, vitamin B2, is the vitamin that imparts a fluorescent color to the urine. [...]

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Macular Degeneration and Nutritional Supplements

March 5th, 2009 · 6:05 AM

B Vitamins May Benefit Eye Health

An interesting article in the Wall Street Journal reports that age-related macular degeneration is the major cause of blindness and poor fine vision in the elderly. Long thought to have no cure or treatment, the use of B6, B12, and folic acid in a group of 5000

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Where Do Those “Senior Moments” Come From? And How to Avoid Them?

December 10th, 2008 · 7:18 AM

Wall Street Journal

As we age, our brains normally shrink, especially affecting regions associated with learning. The brain also is slightly slower in its response to ignoring irrelevant data—by 200 milliseconds (0.2 seconds) or more. This creates greater distractability, which also affects learning and memory. University of Michigan psychologist agrees that things get harder, but [...]

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