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Experts allay fears over multivitamins and breast cancer risk

Friday, April 9, 2010

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Swedish researchers reported that multivitamin use may increase the risk of breast cancer by 19 per cent, according to data from a 9.5 year study involving over 35,000 women aged between 49 and 83. Writing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the Stockholm-based researchers said the apparent link is a “concern and merits further investigation”.

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Vitamin D may play key role in immune system activation

Monday, March 8, 2010

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Vitamin D is necessary to trigger T cells – the immune system’s killer cells – into action, and insufficient levels of the vitamin mean the cells remain dormant and inactive, according to findings published in Nature Immunology.

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Multivitamins may help weight loss in obese women

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

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Results of a 26-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled intervention study with 87 women found that multivitamins and minerals were associated with significantly lower body weight, body mass index, and fat mass

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Vitamin D may protect against Crohn’s disease

Friday, January 29, 2010

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Low levels of vitamin D may increase the risk of developing Crohn’s disease, suggest results of a new cell study from Canada.

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Vitamin E may boost brain health after stroke

Friday, January 15, 2010

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Alpha-tocotrienol, one of eight forms of vitamin E, was found to inhibit an enzyme from releasing fatty acids that eventually kill neurons, according to findings from a study with mouse brain cells published in the Journal of Neurochemistry.

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Folate may improve artery function and heart health

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

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Supplements of folic acid may improve cardiovascular health and reduce the prevalence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), suggests a new study.

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Vitamin D may improve colorectal cancer survival

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

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Higher blood levels of vitamin D may double survival rates of colorectal cancer patients, suggests a new study from Harvard researchers. People with the highest average levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-(OH)D) – the non-active storage form of the vitamin – had a cancer-specific mortality half that of people with the lowest average levels, says a new study published in the British Journal of Cancer.

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Low vitamin D raises blood pressure in women

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

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Younger white women with vitamin D deficiencies are about three times more likely to have high blood pressure in middle age than those with normal vitamin levels, according to a study released on Thursday.

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Inadequate vit D doses boosting elderly heart disease death risk

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

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Compared to people with optimal vitamin D status, those with low vitamin D levels were three times more likely to die from heart disease and 2.5 times more likely to die from any cause, according to results of a study with 3,400 Americans.

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Vitamin B6 tied to better prostate cancer survival

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

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Men with earlier-stage prostate cancer may have better survival odds if they get a little more than the recommended amount of vitamin B6 everyday, a new study suggests.

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