A new analysis of published studies concludes that antioxidant supplements may not provide protection against several cancers -- and could increase the risk of death. While some experts say the report ...

Dear Doctor K: It seems like several years ago all my friends were taking antioxidant pills. Now I don't hear about antioxidants as much. Are they worth taking? Dear Reader: Here's what we know, and ...

DEAR DOCTOR K >> It seems like several years ago all my friends were taking antioxidant pills. Now I don't hear about antioxidants as much. Are they worth taking? DEAR READER >> Here's what we know, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who want to forestall heart disease and diabetes may do better by choosing antioxidant-rich foods instead of antioxidant supplements, a new study suggests.

DEAR READER: Something terrible often happens to medical scientists: A beautiful theory is murdered by a brutal gang of facts. The theory that vitamin pills with antioxidant powers -- primarily ...

Antioxidant vitamins are thought to undo damage done to the body, but a new study suggests that some of these pills might actually cut years off of a person’s life. Antioxidant vitamins are thought to ...

LONDON (AP) -- In another blow to the belief that antioxidant supplements improve health, an authoritative analysis has concluded there is no evidence the vitamins ward off common digestive cancers.

The first question isn’t why but why not? Vitamins, probiotics, omega-3 capsules, antioxidant pills: they can’t hurt, right? Around the corner of each advancing birthday lurks a possible affliction — ...

When her daily migraine medication wasn’t cutting it, Aubree Wolber’s doctor suggested a magnesium supplement. The 28-year-old from Ypsilanti, Mich., was skeptical: “I wasn’t convinced it was going to ...

These antioxidant supplements may even increase mortality," study co-author Goran Bjelakovic, a professor in gastroenterology and hepatology at the University of Nis in Yugoslavia, stated in an e-mail ...

A: Something terrible often happens to medical scientists: A beautiful theory is murdered by a brutal gang of facts. The theory that vitamin pills with antioxidant powers -- primarily vitamins A, C ...