Research Findings from University of Hawaii Update Understanding of Cardiovascular Research.

New investigation results, "Multivitamin use and the risk of mortality and cancer incidence: the multiethnic cohort study," are detailed in a study published in American Journal of Epidemiology. "Although multivitamin/mineral supplements are commonly used in the United States, the efficacy of these supplements in preventing chronic disease or premature death is unclear. To assess the relation of multivitamin use with mortality and cancer, the authors prospectively examined these associations among 182,099 participants enrolled in the Multiethnic Cohort Study between 1993 and 1996 in Hawaii and California," investigators in Honolulu, United States report (see also Cardiovascular …