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Men who took vitamin C or E supplements were no more or less likely to develop cancer than those given a placebo, indicating the antioxidants don't prevent the disease, researchers said.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Men who took vitamin E or vitamin C supplements were no more or less likely to develop cancer than men given a placebo, indicating these antioxidants have no cancer-prevention value, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.
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Despite previous studies hinting that vitamins may provide protection against cancer, a spate of new studies says they offer no benefit
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - High doses of B vitamins failed to slow cognitive decline in people with Alzheimer's disease, dashing the hopes for a new weapon against the fatal, mind-robbing ailment, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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The government is stopping a major study of whether vitamin E and selenium prevent prostate cancer because the supplements aren't working and there's a hint of risk.
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Women who take vitamin B supplements are no more likely to develop or die from cancer, a U.S. study suggests.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vitamin B supplements do not appear to protect against cancer as some previous research had suggested, according to a U.S. study published on Tuesday.
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Neither, a new study suggests
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Vitamins C and E do nothing to prevent heart disease in men, one of the largest and longest studies of these supplements has found.
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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....
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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.
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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.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Beta carotene, vitamin C and vitamin E supplements taken for years failed to lower overall cancer risk in the latest study to cast doubt on the possibility that such dietary supplements can prevent cancer.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - A study of nearly 40,000 women has found no overall link between caffeine and breast cancer, though some women who have benign breast lumps might be at a higher risk, researcher said on Monday.
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Jessica Queller, supervising producer and head writer of "Gossip Girl," choose to have her breasts removed - and she didn't have breast cancer
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High doses of B vitamins failed to slow cognitive decline in people with Alzheimer's disease, dashing the hopes for treatment of the fatal, mind-robbing ailment, U.S. researchers said.
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Taking high doses of B vitamins did not slow the rate of cognitive decline in people with Alzheimer's disease, a randomized trial has shown.
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Jessica Queller, supervising producer and head writer of "Gossip Girl," choose to have her breasts removed - and she didn't have breast cancer
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Read full story for latest details.
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Taking up exercise helps elderly women to gain muscle strength, but not the power they need to prevent falls, a study suggests.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Selenium and vitamin E supplements do not prevent prostate cancer and may in fact be a little bit dangerous, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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The government is stopping part of a major study of whether vitamin E and selenium prevent prostate cancer — because the supplements aren't working and there's a hint of risk.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins modestly reduce levels of a protein in a man's blood that doctors often use to screen for prostate cancer, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Tens of thousands of cancer patients in the UK are risking their lives by failing to take the drugs they have been prescribed, Scottish researchers have found.
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Daily vitamin B supplement shown to lessen cancer risk only in women over 65.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - In a puzzling twist, women who have a history of migraine headaches are far less likely to develop breast cancer than other women, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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In a puzzling twist, women who have a history of migraine headaches are far less likely to develop breast cancer than other women, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A compound found in green tea could slow or even prevent the development of type 1 diabetes, new research in mice suggests.
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Women who suffer from migraines also seem to gain a much lower risk of breast cancer, according to a study released Thursday.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Neither vitamin C nor vitamin E supplements cuts the risk of cardiovascular disease including heart attack and stroke in a U.S. study published on Sunday./pdiv a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?a=jlOxhM3z"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?a=sWRLOleA"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?i=sWRLOleA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?a=mivFflfh"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?i=mivFflfh" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~4/PyF2RikkdgE" height="1" width="1"/
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Vitamins C and E do nothing to prevent heart disease in men, one of the largest and longest studies of these supplements has found. Vitamin E even appeared to raise the risk of bleeding strokes, a danger seen in an earlier stud.
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A study by the Alberta Cancer Board into cancer rates in Fort Chipewyan will not be the comprehensive probe promised, area health officials and community leaders say.
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The combination of calcium and vitamin D supplements does not cut the risk of breast cancer for postmenopausal women, contrary to some previous studies, U.S. research suggests.
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Almost half of all adults in the U.S. take supplements daily, but the studies should prompt some of them to reconsider their rationale for doing so, one expert says. Vitamin supplements -- taken by millions of Americans to boost or maintain their health -- don't reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes or breast cancer, according to two large studies published today.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Combining two chemotherapy drugs with two targeted therapies was safe and appeared to help patients with advanced lung cancer live longer, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
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Careful, sports fans. A recent survey at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock found that avid sports fans tend to consume more fast food and alcoholic beverages year-round, and eat fewer vegetables than those with no interest in competitive games.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Middle-aged men who take aspirin or other "nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug" (NSAID) have significantly lower levels of a blood protein used to spot prostate cancer than men who don't take these widely used drugs, a study shows.
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