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(EST)  Scant Evidence To Support Vitamins Against Cancer, Heart
Disease By Scott Hensley Updated: 1 week ago  Vitamin E for your
heart? Don't bother, new guidelines say. If you're taking
vitamins to guard against cancer or a heart attack, you've got
plenty of company.   But are they worth it?  For people in good
health and without any special nutritional deficiencies, there
isn't enough evidence to say it's a good idea at least when it
comes to preventing cardiovascular disease and cancer.  That's
the verdict from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an
influential panel of doctors, nurses and scientists who weigh
the evidence and make recommendations on medical care. The group
published new guidelines on vitamins Monday in Annals of
Internal Medicine.  "If you're taking those supplements now,
you're doing so on the basis of hope not science," says Dr.
Michael LeFevre, co-vice chairman