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Article: Researchers Are Taking a Fresh Look at Vitamin C
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- The Washington Post
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- July 30, 1991
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For the past two decades, Linus Pauling has promoted vitamin C
for a range of ills and has usually received a chilly reception in
the medical community.
While few believe that vitamin C is a magic bullet against
disease, researchers now are exploring new clues that may validate
some of Pauling's claims.
"Because his claims are so strong, people found them hard to
believe and tended to dismiss them," says Gladys Block, an
epidemiologist formerly with the National Cancer Institute, now at
the University of California. "The world is catching up with him."
Block helped organize a government conference on vitamin C and