Vitamin E study halted

 

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Vitamin_E_Selenium_Dont_Lower_Occurrence_of_Prostate_Cancer_27578.html

"The $119 million study, involving more than 35,000 men, also found hints that the nutrients might increase the risk for prostate cancer and diabetes, although officials stressed that those findings may be a coincidence." - from the Washington Post story on the topic. 

There's a risk involved with any such study - let's hope guys haven't been damaged badly by taking this one.  Research is important, though, and it's good to see so many people (35,000 in this instance) contributing to the effort.

wouldn't know the answer to that, but unless it aids in the growth of cancer cells, I don't see the harm, unless it has other side effects.  I do know that Lycopene found in watermelons and tomatos, was found to be ineffective last year also in preventing and/slowing growth of prostate cancer cells.