February 18, 2005

Vitamin D May Lower Prostate Cancer Risk

A new study suggests that Vitamin D may reduce the risk of prostate cancer.

"Our findings suggest that vitamin D plays an important protective role against prostate cancer, especially ... aggressive disease," says lead researcher Haojie Li, MD, PhD, a research fellow at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard University School of Public Health, in a news release. (WebMD)


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