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Wouldn't it be great if preventing cancer were as easy as taking vitamins every day? It certainly makes sense; cancer results from oxidative damage to the DNA of cells, and many vitamins are powerful antioxidants that can curb that dangerous process. That's the theory that two groups of researchers decided to test with respect to prostate cancer. But after more than 13 years of combined study, their answer was, unfortunately, a resounding no: vitamins don't prevent prostate cancer...
...were very disappointed that [supplements] didn't work to prevent prostate cancer and other cancers," says Dr. Scott Lippman, professor of medicine at MD Anderson Cancer Center and lead author of the vitamin E and selenium study. "But the study illustrates the importance of establishing efficacy before recommending public health usage. There is very high consumption of these supplements, based on the assumption that they do prevent prostate cancer...
...also showed a 63% lower risk of developing prostate cancer. But a separate trial of 7,000 heart patients found that vitamin E provided no additional protection against prostate cancer. As for vitamin C, past research has suggested that its potent antioxidant effects may stave off atherosclerosis and help prevent tissue damage that causes heart disease...
There is something undeniably alluring about being able to prevent cancer with a vitamin. More than half of American adults take vitamin supplements, not only to make up for deficiencies in their diet, but also in the hope of staving off diseases like cancer and heart disease. Though these recent trials - including two big studies in November that showed no benefit of vitamins E and C for heart disease, or vitamin D and calcium against invasive breast cancer - don't support that idea, they don't rule out the possibility that getting vitamins from dietary sources rather than supplements could...
...kill). Despite its murderous implications, the word, as defined by the CPPCG, does not necessarily always involve the killing of individuals. Genocide denotes crimes committed "with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group." Forced sterilization or other measures designed to prevent births, the removal of children from a group, or conditions of life inflicted on a group to bring about its demise could also be considered genocidal acts. The definition also stipulates that genocidal crimes are committed against specific kinds of groups with the deliberate purpose of eradicating them. The intent...