Study: Vitamin D Reduces Cancer Risk

OMAHA, Neb. -- Building hope for one pill to prevent many cancers, vitamin D cut the risk of several types of cancer by 60 percent overall for older women in the most rigorous study yet.
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TIMBERLY ROSS and JEFF DONN

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Michael Holick

Michael Thun

Edward Giovannucci

Cedric Garland

American Cancer Society

Creighton University

Boston University Medical Campus

University of California-San Diego

Harvard School of Public Health

Health and Fitness

Vitamins and Supplements

Diet and Nutrition

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