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Study: Multivitamins reduce cancer risk in older men

Multivitamins are poured from a bottle.

Photo credit: AP | Multivitamins are poured from a bottle.

Middle-age and older men who took a daily multivitamin were less likely to develop cancer than those who didn't, medical scientists have found in research published Wednesday.

In an examination of nearly 15,000 men 50 and older who took a daily multivitamin for 11 years, there was an 8 percent lower risk of cancer, compared with men who took a placebo.

Multivitamins are the most common...

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