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Vitamin A May Fight Skin Cancer: Study

Kevin Spak — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:55:05 CST

If you're worried about getting skin cancer, maybe some vitamin A supplements are in order; a new study has shown that people taking them were 60% less likely to develop melanoma. The study, which was published today in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology , followed 59,000 people for six years,...

Vitamin E Pills May Boost Risk of Prostate Cancer

Matt Cantor — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:30:05 CDT

Supplements we take for better health may actually be hurting us. Yesterday we learned that vitamins may carry an increased risk of death for women ; today's culprit is vitamin E, which may heighten the risk of prostate cancer. A study found that men who took the popular supplements faced a...

Vitamins Boost Women's Risk of Dying

Neal Colgrass — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:50:00 CDT

Popping too many vitamins may actually shorten your life, a new study says. Researchers looked at the supplement intake of 38,000 women, starting in their early 60s, over 19 years—and found vitamin-users had a 2.4% higher chance of dying. Multivitamins, B6, iron, zinc, copper, folic acid, and...

Denmark: Don't Try to Spread This on Your Toast

Sarah Whitmire — Wed, 25 May 2011 17:16:01 CDT

Denmark has been compiling quite a blacklist of illicit products in recent years, and another culprit has just been added—Britain's beloved Marmite. The potent, dark brown spread made from brewer's yeast has a high amount of vitamin B, which means it runs afoul of a 2004 Danish law restricting...

Ditch the Extra Calcium, Vitamin D

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:05:43 CST

Doctors have been recommending vitamin D and calcium supplements for years. But it turns out, for most people, neither supplement is needed—and too much vitamin D could actually be harmful. A committee of experts determined that most people have enough vitamin D from their diets, sunshine, and other natural...

Vitamin D: Wonder Drug or Wonder Hype?

Kevin Spak — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:54:00 CST

Doctors and health nuts have been gulping down vitamin D supplements lately, but there’s precious little science suggesting that they do anything. Conventional wisdom holds that vitamin D, which most people get through milk and exposure to sunlight, strengthens your bones and immune systems, while lowering the risk for serious...

Vitamin D's Vital Role Heads for the Spotlight

Rob Quinn — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:20:02 CDT

Vitamin D is "one hot topic" among nutritionists, the Los Angeles Times reports, and it's about to get hotter. More than 2,000 studies on the so-called sunshine vitamin have been published this year alone, exploring its role in everything from reducing the risk of pancreatic cancer and diabetes to...

Pharmacy Bungled Drug for Dead Horses

Harry Kimball — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:03:52 CDT

The Florida pharmacy that prepared vitamin supplements for the 21 polo horses that died last weekend has admitted that the mixture was faulty, the Palm Beach Post reports. Franck’s Pharmacy in Tallahassee said today that the level of one ingredient in the supplement—which the polo team says was Biodyl—...

Bad Vitamin Killed Polo Horses: Team Captain

Ambreen Ali — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:38:50 CDT

A tainted vitamin supplement killed the 21 horses that collapsed before a polo match in Florida last weekend, the captain of the Venezuelan team claims. He notes that five horses not given the drug are fine. The French drug, called Biodyl, is commonly administered in Europe but not approved for...