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Article: Task force finds little evidence to support use of vitamin supplements to prevent cancer or heart disease
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- Westside Gazette
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- July 16, 2003
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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently concluded there was insufficient scientific evidence to recommend vitamin supplements as a way to prevent cancer or heart disease and recommended against the use of beta carotene supplements in smokers because of a possible increased risk of lung cancer and death. The Task Force conclusions are based on a review of studies on the use of vitamins A, C, or E, multivitamins with folic acid, or antioxidant combinations to reduce the risk for cancer or cardiovascular disease in adults. These findings are published in the July 1 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.
The Task Force is the leading independent panel of private-sector experts in ...