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1997.  Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - December 15, 2003 

Fresh look at vitamin C Behind the hype as cold-buster and panacea is an antioxidant with valuable health benefits, researchers say  
  On the dietary supplement stage, vitamin C is the one-note supporting cast member elevated to stardom. It's got talent but not nearly enough to match its glorified image and big box-office numbers. Long touted as a cold-buster and cure-all, vitamin C equals good health in the public imagination like no other nutrient. But scientists are far less enthusiastic in their assessment of vitamin C, which hasn't panned out as a powerful panacea against everything from...

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1997.  Record-Journal (Meriden, CT) - June 15, 2001 

Study released today finds possible harm in vitamin C  
  WASHINGTON - The vitamin C pills taken by millions of health-conscious Americans may actually help produce toxins that can damage their DNA, a step toward forming cancer cells, a laboratory study suggests.In a study appearing today in the journal Science, University of Pennsylvania researchers said they found in test tube experiments analyzing the action of vitamin C that the nutrient can act as a catalyst to help make a toxin that can injure DNA, the body's genetic...

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1997.  Herald-Sun, The (Durham, NC) - June 15, 2001 

Vitamin C may also do 'bad things' A study suggests the nutrient can act as a catalyst to form a toxin that can injure DNA  
  WASHINGTON - The vitamin C pills taken by millions of health-conscious Americans may actually help produce toxins that can damage their DNA, a step toward forming cancer cells, a laboratory study suggests. In a study appearing today in the journal Science, University of Pennsylvania researchers said they found in test tube experiments analyzing the action of vitamin C that the nutrient can act as a catalyst to help make a toxin that can injure DNA, the body's genetic code.The...

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1997.  Charleston Gazette (WV) - June 15, 2001 

Vitamin C makes toxins in lab  
  WASHINGTON - The vitamin C pills taken by millions of health-conscious Americans may actually help produce toxins that can damage their DNA, a step toward forming cancer cells, a laboratory study suggests. In a study appearing Friday in the journal Science, University of Pennsylvania researchers said they found in test tube experiments analyzing the action of vitamin C that the nutrient can act as a catalyst to help make a toxin that can injure DNA, the body's genetic code.The...

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1997.  Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) - June 15, 2001 

STUDY LINKS VITAMIN TO DNA HARM,  LABORATORY RESEARCH SUGGESTS VITAMIN C MAKES TOXINS THAT HURT GENETIC CODING, WHICH MAY LEAD TO CANCER CELL FORMATION  
  WASHINGTON The vitamin C pills taken by millions of health-conscious Americans may actually help produce toxins that can damage their DNA, a step toward forming cancer cells, a laboratory study suggests.In a study appearing today in the journal Science, University of Pennsylvania researchers said they found in test tube experiments analyzing the action of vitamin C that the nutrient can act as a catalyst to help make a toxin that can injure DNA, the body's genetic code. The...

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1997.  Sun News, The (Myrtle Beach, SC) - June 15, 2001 

FINDINGS CAST SHADOW ON VITAMIN C  
  WASHINGTON| The vitamin C pills taken by millions of health-conscious Americans may actually help produce toxins that can damage their DNA, a step toward forming cancer cells, a laboratory study suggests.In a study appearing today in the journal Science, University of Pennsylvania researchers said they found in test tube experiments analyzing the action of vitamin C that the nutrient can act as a catalyst to help make a toxin that can injure DNA, the body's genetic code....

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1997.  Portland Press Herald (ME) - January 24, 2001 

VITAMIN C LIVES UP TO ITS PRESS CLIPPINGS  
  Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, is the most common vitamin supplement popped today. However, it is considered a new vitamin because it was not isolated in the laboratory until 50 years ago. In the 1960s, Dr. Linus Pauling was the first to tout the healing, almost miraculous effects of vitamin C on the immune system.Many laughed at his research and it was set aside as silly, even fraudulent. That was a mistake.Historically, the "limeys," or English sailors, had...

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1997.  St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN) - July 1, 1996 

LATEST STUDY FINDS VITAMIN C CUTS SMOKERS' HEART RISK  
  Injections of vitamin C given to smokers reverse one of the most harmful cardiovascular effects of smoking, according to a study being published today.However, more research is needed to determine whether vitamin C pills might help reduce heart disease associated with cigarettes, said the authors of the study, published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. An earlier study suggested the pills would have no effect. The vitamin works because of its antioxidant function,...

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1996.  Redlands Daily Facts (CA) - November 23, 2003 

Another look at vitamin C,  Though not a cure-all, antioxidant still helps overall health  
  On the dietary supplement stage, vitamin C is the one-note supporting cast member elevated to stardom. It's got talent, but not nearly enough to match its glorified image and big box-office numbers. Long touted as a cold-buster and cure-all, vitamin C equals good health in the public imagination like no other nutrient. But scientists are far less enthusiastic in their assessment of vitamin C, which hasn't panned out as a powerful panacea against everything from the... 
 

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