Study Shows Antioxidants Not Useful Vs. Cancer
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In another blow to the belief that antioxidant supplements improve health, an authoritative analysis has concluded there is no evidence the vitamins ward off common digestive cancers.    Some experts say, however, that the findings do not mean the cancer-fighting potential of antioxidant pills should be written off just yet...
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Millions of people take them to stay  healthy but scientists said on Friday that vitamin supplements  do not protect against stomach and other cancers and may even  make them worse.
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NEW YORK  - Taking antioxidant supplements won't reduce cancer risk, according to a new analysis of a dozen studies including more than 100,000 patients. In fact, the researchers found, smokers who take beta carotene supplements could be increasing their risk of smoking-related cancer and death.
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Vitamin C can impede the growth of some types of tumors although not in the way some scientists had suspected, researchers reported on Monday.
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Taking too much vitamin E has been linked to an increased death risk, according to research presented at the American Heart Association&#39;s annual scientific sessions in New Orleans.
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03/11/2004 - Increased fruit and vegetable consumption is associated with a decreased risk of cardiovascular disease but not cancer, according to a new study that suggests the cancer-protective effect may have been âoverstatedâ.
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Eating fruit and vegetables does not offer protection against cancer, a major study published yesterday concluded. Researchers who analysed results from two surveys involving
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Two new studies suggest that exposure to sunlight might not be as risky for cancer as is generally believed.
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High doses of the antioxidant vitamin E could increase the risk of death, Johns Hopkins researchers have found. By re-analyzing the data from 19 vitamin E studies over
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Vitamin C can impede the growth of  some types of tumors although not in the way some scientists  had suspected, researchers reported on Monday.
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A new study reports that antioxidants have no effect in preventing heart attack, stroke or death among women at risk for cardiovascular disease.
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Despite widespread interest in  selenium for warding off prostate cancer, a new study shows  that a high blood level of selenium is not in itself generally  associated with reduced prostate cancer risk.
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A new study suggests that screening smokers and former smokers for lung cancer doesn't save lives or prevent advanced disease and may lead to unneeded and harmful treatment
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Beta carotene and vitamins A and E, antioxidant supplements taken by millions to fight disease, may actually raise the risk of death, a review of 68 studies on nearly a quarter-million people said on Tuesday.
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Millions of people take them to stay healthy but scientists said on Friday that vitamin supplements do not protect against stomach and other cancers -- and may even make them worse.
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The journal Archives of Disease in Childhood has published a study that says breast milk loses antioxidants when it is refrigerated or frozen.
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Among breast cancer survivors,  adopting a low-fat diet high in vegetables, fruit and fiber  does not prevent the cancer from returning or prolong survival,  according to a paper in the Journal of the American Medical  Association.