Multivitamins do not cut women's cancer risk: study.

Another in the series of “How often do we need to repeat the message to make a point. Multivitamins do not have any impact on postmenopausal women's risk of dying, getting cancer or cardiovascular disease, said the most extensive study to date on the subject, released Monday. The research examined 161,808 women, age 50 to 79, who took part in clinical trials on hormone therapy, dietary modification and vitamin D supplements, as well as 93,676 women who were part of an observational study."Analyses revealed no significant associations between multivitamin use and the likelihood of developing cancer or cardiovascular disease, or of dying," said the findings, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine [Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(3):294-304.] The fad for complementary medicines and efforts by the hucksters of OTC drugs continues unabated.