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Issue 119
GHAYUR and GILANI, Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, The Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan, have elucidated the mechanism by which ginger lowers blood pressure.
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Issue 119
SCHNEIDER and co-workers, Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention, Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, Iowa, USA, rschneider@mum.edu, have evaluated the long-term effects of stress reduction in people with high b1
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Issue 119
SEIERSTAD and colleagues, The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway, have examined the different effects of salmon reared on different foods on atherosclerosis.
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Issue 119
YUCHA and co-authors, School of Nursing, University of Nevada—Las Vegas, 89154, USA, carolyn.yucha@ccmail.nevada.eduu, have assessed who is most likely to benefit from biofeedback training for high blood pressure.
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Issue 118
SESSO and co-workers, Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215-1204, USA, hsesso@hsph.harvard.edu, have investigated the levels of lycop1
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Issue 117
DAGENAIS and co-workers, Laval University Heart and Lung Institute, Ste-Foy, Quebec G1V 4G5, Canada, Gilles.Dagenais@crhl.ulaval.ca, have assessed the impact of cigarette smoking in patients at high risk from heart di1
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Issue 116
HJERKINN and colleagues, Center for Clinical Research, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, elsa.hjerkinn@ulleval.no, have studied the influence of dietary counselling and long-term supplementation with n-3 fatty aci1
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Issue 116
HOPWOOD and LEWITH, Complementary Medicine Research Unit, Aldermoor Health Centre, Southampton, UK, val.hopwoodaacp@btinternet.com, have reviewed (12 references) the question whether acupuncture helps stroke patients 1
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Issue 114
KREIJKAMP-KASPERS and co-authors, The Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands, report on a trial of the effects of soy isoflavones on blood circulation in postmenopausal women.
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Issue 112
PENG and colleagues, Margret and H.A. Rey Institute for Nonlinear Dynamics in Physiology and Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Canter, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA, peng@physainet.org, have investigated the1
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Issue 111
JAYASINGHE, Continuum Heart Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center, First Avenue at 16th Street, New York 10010, USA, superadical@hotmail.com, has reviewed (23 references) yoga in cardiac health. Abstract:1
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Issue 111
KNEKT and co-workers, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland, paul.knekt@ktl.fi, have analyzed antioxidant vitamins and the risk of coronary heart disease.
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Issue 111
TSAI, Department of Nursing, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Shih-Pai, Taipei, Taiwan 112, Republic of China, has used audio-visual relaxation training for anxiety, sleep, and relaxation amongst patients with heart disease.
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Issue 111
KOBAL and colleagues, Idrija Mercury Mine, Idrija, Slovenia, have studied the impact of long-term exposure to mercury on antioxidative capacity and lipid peroxidation in mercury miners.
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Issue 110
KALISH and others, New England Research Institutes, 9 Galen Street, Watertown, MA 02472, USA, leslie.kalish@childrens.harvard.edu, introduce the methodology of the Stop Hypertension with Acupuncture Research Prog1
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Issue 110
TERAMOTO and co-workers, TOP Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba City, Japan, have investigated the effect of vitamin C on coronary blood circulation in young healthy smokers.
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Issue 109
CALDER, Institute of Human Nutrition, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Bassett Crescent East, Southampton SO16 7PX, UK, pcc@soton.ac.uk, has reviewed (107 references) n-3 fatty acids and cardiovascular disease.
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Issue 109
COVINGTON, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Center for Integrative Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21207, USA, mcovington@compmed.umm.edu, has reviewed (34 references) the evidence for n-3 fatty acids. 1
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Issue 109
HIRVONEN and co-workers, Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland, tero.hirvonen@ktl.fi, have studied flavonoids and the risk of intermittent claudication in smokers.
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Issue 109
METZGER, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA, has assessed the use of music by patients in cardiac rehabilitation.