[[{“type”:“media”,“view_mode”:“media_large”,“fid”:null,“attributes”:{“class”:“media-image alignright size-full wp-image-1608”,“typeof”:“foaf:Image”,“style”:“”,“width”:“100”,“height”:“100”,“title”:“”,“alt”:“Reuters”}}]]Geisel School of Medicine epidemiologist John Baron talks to Reuters about a new study that contradicts observational studies that suggest people who take extra folic acid and other B vitamins are less likely to get colon cancer.

“The observational data continually show an inverse association between measures of folic acid, that is diet or blood level, and the risk of colorectal cancer,” Baron tells Reuters. “The clinical trial data such as we have … suggest no benefit overall.”

Read the full story, published 10/14/12 in Reuters.