Taking Vitamin E to Prevent Stroke May Be Harmful, Study Says

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Taking vitamin E supplements doesn’t reduce the risk of stroke, and may even be harmful, an analysis of previous research found.

The vitamin raised the risk of a severe type of stroke by 22 percent, while it lowered the risk of a milder kind by 10 percent, according to the study, published today in the British Medical Journal.