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Vitamin C or E pills do not help prevent cancer in men, concludes the same big study that last week found these supplements ineffective for warding off heart disease.
The public has been whipsawed by good and bad news about vitamins. Even when researchers compare people’s diets and find that a vitamin seems to help, the benefit might not translate when that nutrient is obtained a different way, such as in a pill.
The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health and several vitamin makers. Results were being reported Sunday at an American Association for Cancer Research conference.
