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...vitamin E turns out to be the miracle drug everyone hoped for. Two reports last week from the Women's Health Study (WHS)--a scientifically rigorous trial that followed 40,000 healthy middle-aged women over 10 years--showed that regular use does not, for the most part, prevent cancer or heart disease. Here's what you need to know...
What about cancer...
...data showed that the group of women who took aspirin were no less likely overall to develop cancer than their counterparts who were given a placebo. Aspirin did, however, seem to slightly decrease the risk of dying from lung cancer. Other studies suggest that regular aspirin use among men may help prevent prostate cancer...
...Taking 600 IU of vitamin E every other day provided almost no protection from heart disease or cancer, with two exceptions. It slightly reduced the risk of dying from heart disease and decreased the number of heart attacks in women 65 and older...
...independent evaluation of the deal, in the hope that the board and Fu might eventually find some common ground. But Schurtenberger wasn't going to stick around for the results. On April 4, he submitted his resignation from the board in writing, citing health reasons. (He has had prostate cancer for many years.) When Courtis failed to appear on the dais at the annual shareholders' meeting the next month in Hong Kong, it caused a stir. Had he resigned too? The first question to Fu from the small audience of Chinese journalists in attendance was, "Where is director Courtis...