14 May 2014 Blackmores Institute In the news the weekly round up of recent CM research 0 14 May 2014 Share Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Pinterest News This week we include research looking at vitamin C's effect on the kissing disease; zinc and the common cold and kids; and calcium not a baddie in CVD. IV vitamin C effective against glandular fever virus New research shows that high dose intravenous vitamin C therapy reduces disease duration and reduction of viral antibody levels in people with the Epstein Barr virus (EBV). × To continue reading this article, please Log In or Sign Up for access.