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Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Multivitamin use may offer no benefit in postmenopausal women
February 26th, 2009
February 9, 2009 – (BRONX, NY) – The largest study ever conducted on postmenopausal women shows that multivitamins may offer no benefit in reducing the risk of common cancers, cardiovascular disease or overall mortality. The study, published in Archives of Internal Medicine, also shows that multivitamins do not increase the risk for these conditions. The research was conducted as part of the Women's Health Initiative Clinical Trials and the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Observational Study. Combined, the two studies include data from 161,808 postmenopausal women ages 50 to 79. Of that group, 41.5 percent used multivitamins over 15 study years. This latest study found...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-02-26)
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