Vitamin E, C Supplements May Prevent Alzheimer's
(NY, Reuters Health,1/19/04)

Dr. Peter P. Zandi of the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, and team, examined how Vitamin E, Vitamin C and multivitamin supplements affect the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease. The researchers analyzed data from more than 4,700 participants in the Cache County Study and concluded that supplementing with a combination of at least 400 IUs of vitamin E and 500 mg of vitamin C daily significantly decreases the risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease, but taking either vitamin alone does not have the same protective effect. These findings indicate that vitamins E and C may protect against Alzheimer's when taken together in substantial doses.