A cheap and readily available vitamin supplement appears to reduce a person’s risk of some skin cancers, a new clinical trial indicates. A form of vitamin B3 called nicotinamide appears to reduce non-melanoma skin cancers by 23 per cent when taken twice daily, Australian researchers have reported. “It’s safe, it’s almost obscenely inexpensive and it’s already widely commercially available,” said senior study author Dr Diona Damian, a professor of dermatology at the University of Sydney. Nicotinamide costs less than $10 for a month’s supply and is available at pharmacies and health food stores, she said. However, more study is needed before...
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