AHN - For patients with coronary artery disease, supplementing with B vitamins and folic acid does not reduce the risk associated with it, a new study has found. The new study, reported in the Aug. 20 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, analyzed almost 3,100 volunteers. Three-quarters of them took various doses of vitamin B and folic acid (which is chemically a B vitamin), while the others got a placebo, an inactive substance.