Research & Development In Brief: multivitamin may cut breast cancer deaths, vitamin D may lower cancer risk in nonsmoking women, reduce hospital infections, supplementation could shorten hospital stays
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Multivitamin/mineral may reduce breast cancer deaths; vitamin D may lower cancer risk in nonsmoking women; vitamin D supplementation could reduce hospital infections; and supplementation could reduce hospital stay duration.
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