{"id":11964,"date":"2018-11-12T08:23:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T13:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11964"},"modified":"2018-11-12T08:23:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T13:23:00","slug":"fish-oil-and-vitamin-d-pills-no-guard-against-cancer-or-serious-heart-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11964","title":{"rendered":"Fish Oil And Vitamin D Pills No Guard Against Cancer Or Serious Heart Trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>A widely anticipated\u00a0study\u00a0has concluded that neither vitamin D nor fish oil supplements prevent cancer or serious heart-related problems in healthy older people, according to research presented Saturday at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. 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