Vitamins May--or May Not--Shorten Your Life

Lots to chew on in a recent study that concludes that taking vitamin supplements may shorten your lifespan. Look at how much is hanging on that single word “may.” Vitamins may shorten your life--or they may not. The researchers and the journalists writing about the study are definitely hedging their bets.The closer you look at health stories, the more you realize that “may” and other hedge words