Huge study boosts disappointment on multivitamins
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090210/ap_on_he_me/med_vitamin_disappointment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20090114/2009_01_13t224919_450x280_us_menopause_remedies.jpg?x=130y=80q=85sig=XgXgJihCX9ZdkoE1fXRPiw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="A store worker walks past rows of herbal, vitamin and mineral pill products at a suburban pharmacy in Sydney April 29, 2003. (David Gray/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - The largest study ever of multivitamin use in older women found the pills did nothing to prevent common cancers or heart disease. The eight-year study in 161,808 postmenopausal women echoes recent disappointing vitamin studies in men.</p><br clear="all"/>

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