Activists and doctors are suing to try and force South Africa's health minister to shut down a doctor who allegedly pushed AIDS patients to take vitamin compounds instead of antiretroviral therapy.

The Treatment Action Campaign says German born Matthias Rush endangered AIDS patients by advocating vitamin compounds as an alternative therapy

High doses of vitamin C injected into the bloodstream may help fight cancer, according to a U.S. study. Scientists found that intravenous vitamin C in the form of ascorbate killed cancer cells in lab tests.

The findings contradict earlier studies, but the Maryland-based Institutes of Health said they had looked at lower-dose oral vitamin C

Oregon Health and Science University scientists have discovered that high doses of vitamin C could counteract some of the harmful effects that smoking during pregnancy can have on unborn babies