Vitamin E Could Help 40% of Diabetics Ward off Heart Attacks According to the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) HAIFA, Israel & NEW YORK----Vitamin E supplements can significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks and related deaths for diabetics who carry a particular version of a gene, according to researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and the Clalit Health Services in Israel. [News Source]