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Vitamins Associated With Increased Risk Of Death In Older Women.



ABC World News (10/10, lead story, 2:40, Sawyer) added, "A major new study in an important medical journal finds in some cases the supplements either do no good or could increase the risk of dying from cancer or heart disease."
NBC Nightly News (10/10, lead story, 2:40, Williams) reported that the study published in the Archives of Internal medicine found that "women who take supplements, including multivitamins, appear to have slightly higher death rates." NBC chief science correspondent Robert Bazell explained, "Researchers followed more than 38,000 women average age 61 for 19 years. They found higher death rates in those taking multivitamins, vitamin B-6, folic acid, zinc, magnesium, copper and iron."
In a follow-on analysis piece, NBC Nightly News (10/10, story 2, 1:20, Williams) discussed the story with NBC medical director Dr. Tanya Benenson, who told viewers, "I think a multivitamin for anybody is fine. ... It's when we get into excessive mega doses of things when you're not deficient, that's where the problem starts." She added, "Just because a little bit is good for you doesn't mean more is better."
On the front of its Personal Journal section, the Wall Street Journal (10/11, D1, Dooren, Subscription Publication) points out that investigators followed some 39,000 women for approximately 19 years.
The New York Times (10/10, D6, Bakalar, Subscription Publication) reports in "Vital Signs" that "some supplements, like iron, were associated with a substantial increase in the risk of death, while others -- vitamin A and vitamin D, for example -- had no effect." Overall, "multivitamin use was linked to a 2.4 percent increase in the absolute risk of death, but calcium supplements appeared to decrease the risk."