Alpha-lipoic acid is a powerful antioxidant you can get from foods and in supplement form. It has many potential uses, including for obesity, high blood pressure, and nerve pain caused by diabetes.

Ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury, resulting from transient or permanent cerebral vessel occlusion, triggers oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, and blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption, leading to ...

The over‐the‐counter supplement lipoic acid may have a small beneficial effect in slowing the loss of gray matter in the brains of people with progressive forms of multiple sclerosis, according to new ...

Rebecca Spain, M.D., M.S.P.H., is lead author on a new randomized controlled clinical trial testing the over-the-counter supplement lipoic acid in treating progressive forms of multiple sclerosis. The ...

The over-the-counter supplement lipoic acid may have a small beneficial effect in slowing the loss of gray matter in the brains of people with progressive forms of multiple sclerosis, according to new ...