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1951.  Daily Breeze (Torrance, CA) - July 1, 1996 

Vitamin C may heal smokers' vessels, study says  
  Vitamin C may heal smokers' vessels, study says 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...

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1951.  Plain Dealer, The (Cleveland, OH) - August 9, 1994 

VITAMIN C SHOWN TO LIFT HDL LEVELS  
  Nearly everyone can recite the standard recommendations to reduce the risk of heart disease: Eat a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet; exercise regularly; limit use of the salt shaker; don't smoke.Now, there's growing evidence to suggest a new addition to the list - consume enough vitamin C. According to results from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, those who have a high vitamin C intake also have increased blood levels of high-density lipoprotein, the...

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1951.  The Cincinnati Post - February 6, 1993 

VITAMIN C CAN PROTECT NERVE CELLS  
  Here's one more possible reason to get enough vitamin C, especially if you are older. A new British study suggests a link between a vitamin-C deficiency and Parkinson's disease, a central nervous-system disorder often involving tremors.Researchers screened 100 elderly patients (ages 61-98) for signs of early Parkinson's. They found eight cases, six of them not previously diagnosed. They also discovered that those with a vitamin-C deficiency were far more...

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1951.  The Cincinnati Post - June 23, 1992 

WHAT YOU'VE HEARD IS TRUE: VITAMIN C ADDS YEARS TO LIFE  
  Evidence is pouring in from all over heralding the health benefits of vitamin C. Skimping on vitamin-C rich fruits and vegetables can compromise your health. Here are some of the latest findings on vitamin C: People who get lots of vitamin C (180 mg daily or three times the recommended dietary allowance - RDA) have about 10 percent higher good-type HDL cholesterol than those eating less than the RDA. People who eat less than 60 mg of vitamin C daily are about twice as likely to have high...

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1950.  Bulletin, The (Bend, OR) - July 7, 2005 

Fact or fiction: Vitamin C can prevent colds.  
  Fiction. In 1970, Nobel laureate Linus Pauling published the book "Vitamin C and the Common Cold," suggesting that vitamin C had great power in cold prevention and treatment. That notion has persisted till today. Last month, however, researchers from Australia and Finland published an analysis of 55 clinical studies comparing a daily dose of 200 milligrams or more of vitamin C against placebo. The researchers found that among the 23 studies conducted in a general...

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1950.  Houston Chronicle - December 1, 1997 

Researchers learn how to get vitamin C to brain /Finding could help fight against Alzheimer's  
  WASHINGTON - Researchers said Sunday they had found a way to sneak vitamin C past the so-called blood-brain barrier, the gatekeeper that protects the brain from infection. They said if their method worked in people, it could offer a new approach to treating Alzheimer's disease and other diseases that come from damage to brain cells.This is because vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant, working to prevent the damage caused by everyday life, damage that leads to diseases such as...

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1950.  Deseret News, The (Salt Lake City, UT) - February 26, 1993 

VITAMIN C COULD HAVE A ROLE IN MAINTAINING LIFELONG HEALTH  
  UPDATE: I have had several questions about the need to take vitamin supplements, especially the anti-oxidant vitamins that are supposed to help keep tissues from aging. Dr. Liz Applegate discussed this question in the March issue of Runner's World. I will summerize her remarks about some of the most interesting vitamins (or substances) below: Vitamin C. Although there is little research that vitamin C can ward off the common cold, there is some that indicates a role for the...

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1950.  Seattle Post-Intelligencer - February 3, 1993 

LACK OF VITAMIN C IS STUDIED AS CLUE TO PARKINSON'S DISEASE  
  Here's one more possible reason to get enough vitamin C, especially if you are older. A new British study suggests a link between a vitamin-C deficiency and Parkinson's disease, a central nervous system disorder often involving tremors.Researchers screened 100 elderly patients (ages 61-98) for signs of early Parkinson's. They found eight cases, six of them not previously diagnosed. They also discovered that those with a vitamin C deficiency were far more...

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1950.  Chicago Sun-Times - February 27, 1992 

Vitamin C may protect sperm from birth defects  
  Planning to father a child? Be sure to eat enough vitamin C. It could mean the difference between a healthy child and one with birth defects.That's the astonishing conclusion from a new study by Bruce N. Ames and colleagues at the University of California at Berkeley. The team found that even a slight lack of vitamin C can lead to damaged sperm, boosting the chances of birth defects in offspring. In one test, a group of men with low levels of vitamin C in their semen showed the...