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NEWS ABOUT: vitamin E

vitamin E stories: 2 news summaries

Vitamins Don't Change Cancer Risk: Studies

Perception that vitamins can prevent prostate problems is false

Dec 10, 08 3:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Two new studies debunk the perception that vitamin supplements help ward off prostate and other cancers, the BBC reports. The trials involving 50,000 men provided the most definitive results yet on the effects of vitamins C and E—or, rather lack thereof—on cancer. One study had planned to... More »

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cancer • prostate cancer • research • studies • cancer prevention • medical study • vitamin E • vitamin C • selenium

Vitamins Can Kill, Warns
Shocking New Study

'No benefit' found in antioxidants

Apr 16, 08 4:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Antioxidant vitamin supplements do not improve health or prevent disease—and may even cause death, according to new research. In a stunning blow to millions who take vitamins, a review of 67 studies involving 230,000 users showed "no convincing evidence" that antioxidants had any benefit, and linked vitamin... More »

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vitamins • antioxidants • mortality • vitamin E • vitamin A • vitamin C • selenium • free radicals • Biocare • Health Supplements Information Service • beta carotene

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