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...complicated, nutrients tend to interact with one another. For example, vitamin C is supposed to act as an antioxidant, preventing damage to the cells. But that same vitamin, in the presence of iron, can act as a pro-oxidant, causing, rather than preventing, cellular damage, according to Dr. Meir Stampfer, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health...
...giving people an awareness that some subgroups differ in terms of their health risks and, therefore, the research should focus on that," Stampfer says...
...Stampfer, the lead author of the vitamin E study on women, says it sometimes makes sense to oversample specific groups because they are predominantly affected by the disease in question. "[Allocations of funding] should be driven by science, not by politics," he says...
...Stampfer says he disagrees with Healy's sentiment that the biologies of men and women are distinct enough to warrant separate research in every instance...
...Louise M. Slaughter (D-N.Y.) says she can comprehend Stampfer's concern but disagrees with...