Vitamin E pills linked with prostate cancer risk (AP)

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In this Monday, Oct. 10, 2011 photo, Joe Latina, 71, is shown on his porch at his home in Ashtabula, Ohio. Latina participated in a study involving vitamin E pills. Vitamin E pills are linked with an increased risk for prostate cancer, according to follow-up data from a study aiming to see if the supplements could prevent the disease but halted when there were signs of possible harm. Men who had been randomly assigned to take vitamin E were 17 percent more likely to get prostate cancer than those given dummy pills, the follow-up report found. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP – There is more evidence that taking vitamin E pills can be risky. A study that followed up on men who took high doses of the vitamin for about five years found they had a slightly increased risk of prostate cancer — even after they quit taking the pills.

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