Infants in the developing world should be given a single, oral dose of vitamin A to cut down their risk of death by 15 percent, a new study suggests. According to a study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, vitamin A supplement given at birth can also improve infant survival within the first 6 months of life.

The study enrolled 15,937 newborns from rural communities in northwest Bangladesh, where over 90 percent of babies are born at home. Half were randomly selected to receive a 50,000 IU dose of vitamin A within few hours of birth, while the other half received a placebo

U.S. plant geneticists and crop scientists have developed new and cheaper techniques to produce vitamin A-rich corn. The techniques also led them to discover a mutant gene responsible for making corn plants rich in vitamin A or retinol.

The innovation and discovery made by scientists from four different universities, Boyce Thompson Institute, DuPont Crop Genetics Research, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center and the U.S. Department of Agriculture can solve the problem of vitamin A deficiency of corn-eating populations in sub-Saharan Africa and America. Nutrition lacking in retinol is a major cause of blindness

A recent study gave evidence to support that increased levels of Vitamin C in the human blood can significantly contribute lowering the risk of having a stroke.

The research, conducted by experts from the University of Cambridge, gathered their findings by measuring Vitamin C levels on 20,000 people, and monitored their health for a decade. The subjects were divided into two groups based on their Vitamin C levels

Some 22 million children under five years old in Bangladesh were given free polio vaccines and a Vitamin A capsule in what could be country's biggest house to house immunization campaign to eradicate the polio virus.

The country spent a substantial amount on the 30 million doses of oral polio vaccines, 20 million doses of high-potency Vitamin A capsules and 13 million doses of Albendazole tablets to be used in the four-day immunization drive that began Saturday

Broccoli sprouts contain a chemical which stimulates the body's natural cancer fighting ability and may help prevent cancer when applied directly to the skin, a new research shows.

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University who worked on the study say broccoli contains a chemical called sulphoraphane which activates cancer fighting enzymes in the cells. The highest concentration of sulphoraphane is to be found in broccoli sprouts