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Vitamin E Pills May Raise, Not Lower, Prostate Cancer Risk

<p>Joe Latina, 71, volunteered for a study of vitamin E pills as a means for reducing the risk for prostate cancer. Men who were randomly assigned to take vitamin E were 17 percent more likely to get prostate cancer than those getting a placebo.</p> (AP)

Joe Latina, 71, volunteered for a study of vitamin E pills as a means for reducing the risk for prostate cancer. Men who were randomly assigned to take vitamin E were 17 percent more likely to get prostate cancer than those getting a placebo.

(AP)

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