Beta-Carotene Risk Lingers After Supplement Stopped
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The adverse effects of taking large quantities of beta-carotene and retinol on the rate of lung cancer and death in smokers seem to persist for years after these supplements
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NEW YORK  - Older men and women who take nutritional supplements are more likely to get adequate amounts of several vitamins and minerals than their peers who don't use supplements, a new study shows.
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Nov. 30, 2004 - Years after they stopped taking high-dose beta-carotene supplements, a group of smokers still suffer extra-high rates of lung cancer and death.
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NEW YORK  - Over the past 20 years, the diets of American adults have become more consistent with most dietary recommendations for heart disease prevention -- but the trend may not be continuing, research suggests.
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Prostate cancer patients are being treated with an artificial version of the pigment lycopene that gives tomatoes their red colour, after a Dutch study found that low doses of lycopene suppressed the growth of human prostate tumours.
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Scientists are testing the impact of  vitamin E and a synthetic version of lycopene, a compound in  tomatoes, in cancer patients after they found that the  combination slowed the growth of prostate tumors in mice.
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FRIDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Patients in phase 1 cancer trials may be skewing the results if they are also taking vitamins, herbal preparations, minerals and other dietary supplements, researchers report.
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Vitamin supplements increase the death rate of people taking them, medical researchers have found - but they don&#39;t know why. About one in three women and one in four men in Britain take dietary supplements to boost their health.
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Having too little vitamin D has been linked to an increased risk of heart disease, a US study has concluded.
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People who take the recommended daily amount of Vitamin D are about half as likely to get deadly pancreatic cancer as people who do not, researchers said yesterday. Now they are checking to see if getting the vitamin from food or sunlight also cuts the risk.
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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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Four common ones tied to healthier weights over 10-year period    HealthDayNews -- Four common supplements -- chromium, vitamin B-6, vitamin B-12 and multivitamins -- may help slow weight gain in middle-age adults, claims a study by researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.    Researchers reviewed questionnaire responses from about 15,000 people, average age 55, in Washington state...
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THURSDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Consuming the recommended daily amount of vitamin D could nearly halve your risk for deadly pancreatic cancer, new research suggests.
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MONDAY, Feb. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Certain amounts of vitamin D may be able to prevent up to half of breast cancer cases and two-thirds of colorectal cancer cases in the United States, according to two studies by researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego, and colleagues at other centers.
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Geneva, Switzerland: A study by Dutch and German researchers has provided evidence that lycopene may be able to inhibit the growth of prostate tumours and that its effect may be enhanced if it is combined with vitamin E.
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NEW YORK  - In many people, vitamin D levels can remain low despite abundant exposure to sunlight, research shows.
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Stroll down any pharmacy aisle these days and you'll find that the low-carb craze has invaded the $20 billion dietary supplement industry.    From multivitamins to starch blocker pills, loosely regulated supplements are popping up in the burgeoning low-carb market dominated by food companies...