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By Julie Pike Nov 17, 2008

This might be a bitter pill for some to swallow. Taking calcium and vitamin D didn't reduce the risk of breast cancer, according to a study of more than 2000 postmenopausal women published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Women on the Web notes that actually there are two new studies published today show that supplements don’t greatly reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes or breast cancer.

Bitter Pill: Breast Cancer Vitamin Regime Might Not Work

The Los Angeles Times notes in a report, "Almost half of all adults in the U.S. take vitamins daily, but the results should prompt some of them to reconsider their rationale for doing so, said Howard Sesso, who led the cardiovascular disease study appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Assn."

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"You don't know whether something is really true until you test it in one of these large-scale, long-term clinical trials," said Sesso, an epidemiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and a professor at Harvard Medical School.

This latest research joins a growing pile of studies documenting the failed promise of vitamins. Many are now asking, are they really doing any good?

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