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1956.  Seattle Post-Intelligencer - November 30, 1994 

HERE'S MORE EVIDENCE THAT VITAMINS C AND E PROLONG LIFE  
  Here's more new evidence that taking vitamin E and vitamin C supplements can make you live longer, even if you are already over age 65.Several studies suggest that middle-age men and women who take vitamin E and/or C have lower death rates from any cause. The same is true for people ages 65 to 100, says Katalin Losonczy, a statistician at the National Institute on Aging. In a new study of 10,000 elderly people, Losonczy found that those who took individual vitamin E tablets...

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1956.  The Dallas Morning News - November 14, 1987 

STUDY FINDS VITAMIN C HELPS IIN FIGHTING COLDS  
  NEW YORK -- 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 Friday. Dick, professor of preventive medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical...

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1955.  Times, The (Shreveport, LA) - December 24, 2004 

RECIPE  
  More vitamin C isn't necessarily better By Connie Aclin caclin@agctr.lsu.edu With the shortage of flu shots this year, many people are taking massive doses of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) to try to ward off or curtail the common cold. An adequate intake of vitamin C is recognized as essential for good health and for building resistance, but more isn't necessary or better.New research confirms vitamin C reduces the symptoms and length of the common cold, but...

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1955.  Salt Lake Tribune, The (UT) - January 21, 2004 

Vitamin duo fights risk of Alzheimer's,  Cache County Study: The ongoing, long-term project finds a benefit from a vitamin E and C combo; Vitamin study called 'compelling'  
  Researchers studying thousands of aging Cache County residents found that those who took vitamin E and C supplements daily cut the risk of Alzheimer's disease by about 60 percent. However, there was no significant reduction in Alzheimer's with vitamin E or vitamin C alone, or with multivitamins, according to the study.The research, conducted by Johns Hopkins University and published in this month's Archives of Neurology, produced new findings in an...

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1955.  Sun, The (San Bernardino, CA) - November 27, 2001 

Vitamin C is likely OK for psoriatic arthritis sufferers  
  Dear Dr. Douma: Please advise if vitamin C is bad to take with psoriatic arthritis. B.M. Answer: My short answer to your question is: probably not. Psoriatic arthritis is a form of inflammatory arthritis that occurs in people who also have the skin disease known as psoriasis. Most of the time, people will experience the psoriasis first.The arthritis occurs in approximately 20 percent of people with psoriasis (3 percent of the population) and is more likely to show up when the psoriasis is...

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1955.  Oregonian, The (Portland, OR) - April 11, 2000 

PANEL OF SCIENTISTS SAYS VITAMINS NOT MAGIC HEALTH PILLS  
  Summary: A study finds evidence lacking that antioxidants can prevent serious human diseases Million of Americans may be taking vitamins, but a panel of scientists -- including an Oregon researcher -- said Monday that there's still no convincing evidence that huge doses of vitamin C and E and other antioxidants can prevent heart disease, cancer or chronic disorders.A report by the Institute of Medicine, a branch of the National Academy of Sciences, did recommend slightly...

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1955.  Tulsa World - March 5, 2000 

Vitamin C, heart woes linked  
  A new study raises the disturbing possibility that taking vitamin C pills may speed up hardening of the arteries. Researchers called their discovery a surprise and cautioned that more experiments are needed to know for sure whether megadoses of the vitamin actually are harmful.Still, they said the finding supports the recommendations of health organizations, which generally urge people to avoid high doses of supplements and to get their nutrients from food instead.Many people load up...

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1955.  The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.) - March 3, 2000 

New study links vitamin C pills, clogged arteries  
  A new study raises the disturbing possibility that taking vitamin C pills may speed up hardening of the arteries. Researchers called their discovery a surprise and cautioned that more experiments are needed to know for sure whether megadoses of the vitamin actually are harmful.Still, they said the finding supports the recommendations of health organizations, which generally urge people to avoid high doses of supplements and to get their nutrients from food instead.Many people load up on...