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Natural Products Association
Evidence Lacking in Multivitamin Study of Women's Risk of Cancer, Heart Disease or Death, Says Natural Products Association
February 24th, 2009
A new study published claiming that multivitamin use by postmenopausal women does little to improve their risk of mortality fails to take into account important dietary factors or accurately grasp how dietary supplements and health claims are regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). According to the study, which was published in the February 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, postmenopausal women who take multivitamins have the same risk of dying from "most common cancers, cardiovascular disease or of any cause as women who do not take multivitamin supplements." "While cohort and observational studies like these can be important, they in no way...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-02-24)
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