Article: STUDIES QUESTION BETA CAROTENE VALUE DOCTORS SEE NO EVIDENCE THAT SUPPLEMENTS PREVENT CANCER, SLOW HEART DISEASE.(News/National/International)

Article: Beta carotene prove 'no magic bullet.' (National ...
Science News;  January 27, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... 071 male physicians shows that beta carotene prevents neither heart disease nor cancer. Beta carotene, from which the body makes vitamin ... that people with diets high in beta carotene suffer less heart disease and lower cancer rates, particularly ...

Article: (Beta-carotene), carotenoids and the prevention of ...
The Journal of Nutrition;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... serum/adipose Beta-carotene levels and coronary heart disease risk. Randomized ... research regarding Beta-carotene's role in the ... prevention of coronary heart disease. Epidemiologic ... Serum or Adipose Beta-Carotene Levels. in general ...

Article: A blow against vitamin pills. (a study of post-menopausal women ...
U.S. News & World Report;  May 13, 1996 ;     611 words ... ... half the risk of death from heart disease as did women who ate minimal ... bad news for men who pop beta carotene, a form of vitamin A ... men's risk of cancer or heart disease. And for smokers, beta carotene supplements apparently increasedthe ...

Article: BASF beta carotene used in heart ...
PR Newswire;  November 13, 1990 ;     700+ words ...BASF BETA CAROTENE USED IN HEART DISEASE STUDY PROVIDES ENCOURAGING ... establish the role that beta carotene plays in the prevention of heart disease. The National Cancer ... diets that are rich in beta carotene, which is the primary ...

Article: Charles Hennekens, M.D., - 'disease detective' investigates ...
Environmental Nutrition;  October 1, 1991 ;     684 words ... ... effects of aspirin and beta-carotene on the risk of heart disease and cancer. Preliminary ... taking 50 milligrams beta-carotene every other day ... at the effects of beta-carotene and vitamin E on cancer and heart disease in 45,000 post ...

Article: Vitamin E, beta-carotene supplements fail ...
Environmental Nutrition;  July 1, 2003 ;     683 words ... ... Vitamin E and beta-carotene supplements ... protect against heart disease in new research ... results suggest beta-carotene might even be ... including heart disease deaths, when ... those not taking beta-carotene. The authors ...

Article: BETA CAROTENE FOUND NOT TO THWART CANCER, ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  December 15, 1999 ;     484 words ...Beta carotene pills, once thought ... against cancer and heart disease, have flunked ... took pills of beta carotene did not have ... fewer cancers or heart disease deaths. The study ... women who received beta carotene pills and 19 ...