The News
Vitamins still no magic pill
By The Denver Post Editorial Board
Article Last Updated: 03/29/2007 09:21:00 PM MDT
News last month that vitamins designed to ward off disease and the effects of aging actually raise the risk of death were troubling indeed. Antioxidant vitamins are seen by many as an antidote for an imperfect lifestyle. One too many veggie-free beer and burger outings? Eat a multivitamin and don't worry about it. Now comes the news they can ... kill you? Well, as is the case with many accounts of vitamin use and effectiveness, perhaps not exactly.

The Research
Read the research behind this story in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).