The Structures of Life in PDF Chapter 4: Structure-Based Drug Design: From the Computer to the Clinic In 1981, doctors recognized a strange new disease in the United States. The first handful of patients suffered from unusual cancers and pneumonias.
A recent randomized controlled trial found that vitamin K supplementation in conjunction to vitamin D supplementation reduced the progression of atherosclerosis in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) significantly more so than supplementing with vitamin D alone.
In fact, vitamin E slightly increased the risk of hemorrhagic (bleeding) strokes. In 2010, a meta-analysis published in BMJ concluded that while vitamin E reduces the risk of ischemic stroke by 10 percent, it increases the risk of hemorrhagic stroke by 22 percent.