TUESDAY, Nov. 4 — Taking folic acid or other B vitamin supplements won’t lower your risk of cancer, new research shows.
However, the good news is that it won’t increase your risk either, according to the study, which was published in the Nov. 5 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
“In women at risk of cardiovascular disease, we found that folic acid, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12 had no beneficial or harmful effects on the risk of invasive cancer or breast cancer,” said study author Dr. Shumin Zhang, an associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in Boston.
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January 4th, 2009 | Posted in Breast Cancer, News | Tags: Acid, cancer, Folic, Help, Other, Prevent, Vitamins, Wont
TUESDAY, Nov. 4 — Taking folic acid or other B vitamin supplements won’t lower your risk of cancer, new research shows.
However, the good news is that it won’t increase your risk either, according to the study, which was published in the Nov. 5 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
“In women at risk of cardiovascular disease, we found that folic acid, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12 had no beneficial or harmful effects on the risk of invasive cancer or breast cancer,” said study author Dr. Shumin Zhang, an associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in Boston.
Read the rest of this entry »
January 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Breast Cancer, News | Tags: Acid, cancer, Folic, Help, Other, Prevent, Vitamins, Wont