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Article: CRN Urges Caution in Weighing Results of New Vitamin E Study; - Results Limited to Elderly Patients with Serious Medical Conditions -.
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- March 15, 2005
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WASHINGTON, March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The president of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) today urged caution in weighing the results of a newly released study on vitamin E supplements, noting that the isolated findings applied only to an older group of patients with a history of heart disease, stroke or diabetes.
Even the authors of the study, published in the March 16 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), concede that the "unexpected" results "cannot be confirmed at this time by other trials" and "could be due to chance."
"This is certainly not the final word on vitamin E and should not obscure the fact that for ...