PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jacobson, Anne
ED  - Gaziano, J. Michael
TI  - Vitamin E and C Supplements Do Not Reduce Long-Term Cardiovascular Risk
DP  - 2009 Feb 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 14--14
VI  - 8
IP  - 8
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/8/8/14.1.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/8/8/14.1.full
AB  - After 8 years of treatment, the antioxidant vitamins E and C do not help prevent myocardial infarction, stroke, or cardiovascular death in low-risk men, according to findings from the Physicians' Health Study II [NCT00270647]. These findings refute the belief that long-term treatment with these antioxidant vitamins are cardioprotective, researchers reported.