Vitamin E proved to be a bust for preventing heart disease and cancer in a widely publicized study in women, but intriguing results from the same trial suggest a role for the vitamin in reducing the risk of life-threatening blood clots.
Researchers warn that the findings must be confirmed, and they say no one taking prescription blood thinners to prevent deep vein blood clots should stop taking them. But Harvard Medical School professor of medicine Robert J. Glynn, PhD, says vitamin E shows promise for preventing the potentially deadly clots in high-risk patients who aren't on prescription blood thinners like warfarin.
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