Prostate Claims for Multivitamins Disputed

A maker of vitamins for men should not say they reduce the risk of prostate cancer, a consumer group says. The Center for Science in the Public Interest said it would sue if the claims continue, the Associated Press reported. The disputed ads are for One-A-Day Men’s Health Formula and 50+ Advantage vitamins. Both are made by Bayer Healthcare. The company said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its statements. But the consumer group said a recent study disproved the prevention claim. The focus of the dispute is selenium, an ingredient in the vitamins. In the study, men who took selenium had about the same prostate cancer rates as those who took placebos (fake pills). The National Institutes of Health sponsored the study.