American Cancer Society Finds Vitamin E Supplements Fight Bladder
Cancer
Washington
DC, 28 February 2003
Vitamin
E supplements are believed to reduce the risk of bladder cancer
mortality, according to a study conducted by the American Cancer
Society.
Antioxidants
such as Vitamin E have long been recognized as fighting off free
radicals, which are molecules associated with aging and certain
diseases, including cancer.
In
Atlanta GA, a team of nine researchers examined the association
between use of Vitamin E supplements and bladder cancer deaths.
Health records of almost one million adults were studied for a 16-year
period. Bladder cancer deaths occurred in men almost three times
more than in women.
Regular
use of Vitamin E in supplement form over a period of years, however,
was associated with a reduced risk of bladder cancer mortality,
the study showed. The strongest evidence came from test patients
who consumed Vitamin E supplements for a long duration10 years
or more.
The
study was conducted by the American Cancer Society's Department
of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research. The study has been published
in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Research
on Vitamin E has shown it to be a potent antioxidant that attaches
directly to "bad" cholesterol in the blood and helps prevent damage
from free radicals. Studies have shown that Vitamin E can help prevent
atherosclerosisplaque within artery wallsand that Vitamin
E may slow the progression of Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's
disease, in addition to fighting other diseases and illnesses.
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