Newborn vitamin K injection refusal is increasingly common and is much higher for infants not born in hospitals. While hospital vitamin K injection refusal rates are approximately 3%, a recent ...

There is a risk of bleeding in the body up to 6 months of age in infants who don't receive a vitamin K injection at birth.

Vitamin K supplementation may serve as a nocturnal leg cramps treatment reducing frequency, intensity, and duration in older adults.

The breakthrough came with the discovery of a new protein in beta cells called ERGP. This protein, which relies on vitamin K ...