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Massive trial shows limited value for popular supplements

No evidence found to indicate that vitamin D and fish oil fight cancer.
3D coloured CT scan of patient with angina

A heart damaged by a heart attack. A large-scale trial found evidence that fish oil cuts heart-attack risk but vitamin D does not. Credit: K. H. Fung/SPL

A large-scale trial has found no evidence that two popular supplements reduce the risk of cancer or the combined risk for a trio of cardiovascular problems.

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Nature 563, 447 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-07391-0

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