Vitamin B3 supplementation may improve cholesterol levels, but it does not reduce the likelihood of serious cardiovascular events. The side effects caused by high-dose vitamin B3 supplementation ...

Nicotinamide riboside (NR) is a form of vitamin B3 that helps make NAD+, which is important for energy and cell health. Taking NR supplements might help slow aging by helping repair DNA and protecting ...

Q. You wrote about the use of niacin against basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers. I would like to try this, but I’m having trouble with the flushing. To avoid this, I have to take the pill after ...

After weeks of uncertainty, millions of Americans will soon start receiving federal nutrition assistance benefits again, after President Trump on Wednesday night signed a bill passed by Congress to ...

Many states have allocated millions of dollars to food banks. Beginning Saturday, some 42 million low-income Americans, including 16 million children, lost access to benefits through the Supplemental ...

Researchers identified microRNA-93 as a genetic driver of fatty liver disease and showed that vitamin B3 can effectively suppress it. This breakthrough suggests niacin could be repurposed as a ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a woman in my late 60s with a family history that includes an older brother who had a heart attack at a young age. My total cholesterol has hovered around 200 mg/dL for many years ...

Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic have uncovered a new pathway that may explain how high levels of niacin (vitamin B3), once widely recommended to lower cholesterol, could actually increase the risk ...