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1977.  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA) - March 28, 2000 

VITAMIN C MAY COUNTER CANCER RADIATION THERAPY  
  Cancer patients who take large doses of vitamin C in the hope of a cure might actually make their disease worse by inadvertently protecting their tumors from radiation and chemotherapy, new research suggests.Doctors caution that they cannot prove the vitamin is harmful during cancer treatment. But they say there are strong biological reasons to think megadoses could be bad. The concern is based on the discovery that cancer cells actually contain large amounts of vitamin C, which appears to...

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1977.  The Kansas City Star - July 1, 1996 

Vitamin C helps heal smokers Study finds injections reduce heart disease by widening arteries.  
  DALLAS - 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.The vitamin works because of its antioxidant function, said Thomas Munzel of the University of Freiburg in...

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1977.  Herald-Sun, The (Durham, NC) - July 1, 1996 

Study: Vitamin C helps reverse narrowing of arteries in smokers  
  DALLAS -- 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.The vitamin works because of its antioxidant function, said Dr. Thomas Munzel of the University of Freiburg...

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1977.  Greensboro News & Record - May 30, 1990 

VITAMIN C LINKED TO LOW BLOOD PRESSURE  
  Vitamin C - already touted as a cure for everything from cancer to the common cold - may play an unsuspected role in reducing blood pressure.Scientists aren't ready to say that an orange a day will keep hypertension away, but two groups of researchers say there appears to be at least a statistical link between high blood pressure and low levels of vitamin C.``It's a very interesting finding, particularly because we weren't looking for...

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1977.  Washington Post - November 17, 1987 

STUDY REKINDLES DEBATE OVER TAKING VITAMIN C FOR COLDS  
  Taking vitamin C may ease symptoms of the common cold and reduce the disease's spread, suggests a study that supports a popular notion about the vitamin's effect. When 16 college students mingled with cold sufferers in an effort to catch colds, those who were taking vitamin C supplements showed fewer coughs, nose blows and sneezes, researcher Elliot Dick said last week.Dick, professor of preventive medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, was...

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1976.  Newsday (Melville, NY) - January 4, 2003 

Study: Girls Exposed To Smoke Lack Vitamin C  
  Girls whose parents smoke may have lower levels of the vital antioxidant vitamin C than children of nonsmokers, new research suggests. Investigators found that girls whose parents exposed them to secondhand smoke at home had lower blood concentrations of the vitamin compared with children of nonsmokers.The findings echo those of studies showing that active smoking may deplete a person's vitamin C stores. And they support the idea that people exposed to secondhand smoke may have...

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1976.  The Cincinnati Post - October 6, 1993 

Vitamin C benefits still not clear-cut  
  Q. I take 1,000 mg of vitamin C daily to prevent colds. Are there any other benefits or adverse effects I should be aware of? A. The health benefit of vitamin C has been a controversial subject among physicians and scientists for many years. In the 1970s, Nobel prize-winning chemist Linus Pauling popularized the abundant intake of vitamin C as a panacea, advocating its use for the prevention of everything from the common cold to cancer.Subsequent studies tended to refute...

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1976.  Dayton Daily News (OH) - May 8, 1992 

VITAMIN C PROLONGS LIFE, STUDY SUGGESTS,  DATA SHOW USE ALSO MIGHT CUT HEART DISEASE  
  Men who consume a few hundred milligrams of vitamin C every day live about six years longer than men who don't, and the vitamin may extend women's lives by about one year, a study suggests.The U.S. government's recommended daily allowance of vitamin C is 60 milligrams for most adults. But the study indicates that consuming 300 to 400 milligrams daily might help people live longer, said its author, James E. Enstrom, an epidemiologist at the University of...

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1976.  The Dallas Morning News - December 6, 1988 

CAN VITAMIN C REALLY PREVENT COLDS?  
  Dear Dr. Lamb: Can a large dose of vitamin C really prevent a cold or reduce its symptoms? You have often stated in your column that supplemental vitamins are not required with a well-balanced diet. But that renowned expert, Ann Landers, claims that a hefty dose of vitamin C will help reduce the effects of a cold. What is the latest word regarding vitamin C and the common cold?Dear Reader: The leading scientists in the field of research on the effects of vitamin C and the common cold have...