Positive Health Online

Issue 120

VEGA-LOPEZ and LICHTENSTEIN, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, 711 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA, have reviewed (61 references) dietary proteins and risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Abstract: Observa1

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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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