Positive Health Online

Issue 109

VASDEV and colleagues, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, svasdev@mun.ca, have reviewed (124 references) the prevention of fructose-induced hypertension by vitamins.

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Issue 108

MERCHANT and colleagues, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA, amerchan@hsph.harvard.edu, have found that dietary fibre reduces the risk of peripheral arterial disease in men.

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Issue 107

STEIN, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, has reviewed (151 references) motor recovery strategies after stroke. Abstract: Motor impairment is a major cause of disability in stroke victims. Especially in younger stroke sur1

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Issue 107

VINCENT and colleagues, Unit 476-Human Nutrition and Lipids at INSERM (National Institute of Health and Medical Research), Faculty of Medicine Timone, Mediterranee University, 27 boulevard Jean Moulin, F-13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France, introduce the Medi-RIVAGE study,1

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Issue 106

SEBREGTS and co-workers, Department of Medical, Clinical and Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, ehwj.sebregts@adhesie.nl, have found cholesterol changes in coronary patients after a1

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Issue 106

WILBURN and others, University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, University, MS, USA, have reviewed (39 references) the natural treatment of hypertension. Abstract: The review aims to evaluate the effectiveness of commonly available nutritional sup1

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Issue 105

CHANG and others, Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA 01730, USA, bhchang@bu.edu, have carried out a qualitative study of the relaxation response in 1

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Issue 104

IRIBARREN and colleagues, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA, USA, dgi@dor.kaiser.org, present the CARDIA study on the relationship between the intake of n-3 and n-6 fatty acids and hostility in young adults.

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Issue 104

ULIANOV and co-workers have performed a comparative assessment of different reflexotherapies in patients with ischaemic angiopathies of the legs.

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Issue 104

WHELTON and others, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, have conducted a meta-analysis of observational studies on fish intake and coronary heart disease.

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Issue 103

JATUPORN and co-workers, Department of Biochemistry, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, srisakul.j@chula.ac.th, have studied an intensive lifestyle-changing programme in patients with coronary heart dise1

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Issue 103

TOUSOULIS and colleagues, Cardiology Department, Athens University Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece, tousouli@med.uoa.gr, have found that vitamin C affects the thrombosis / fibrinolysis system and reactive h1

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Issue 101

ABUDU and co-workers, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Louisville, 40292, Louisville, KY, USA, have reviewed (149 references) vitamins in human atherosclerosis, particularly vitamins C and E. Abstract: This review focus1

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Issue 101

KARTAL and colleagues, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, 81326 Haydarpasa, Istanbul, Turkey, nkozer@escortnet.com, have investigated the role of vitamin E in the molecular mechanisms involved 1

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Issue 100

BASTILLE and GILL-BODY, Yoga Alliance, Boudreau Physical Therapy Associates, Keene, NH 03608, USA, jvbastille@msn.com, have developed a yoga-based exercise programme for people with chronic post-stroke hemiparesis.

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Issue 100

BLOEDON and SZAPARY, School of Nursing, The Center for Experimental Therapeutics, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021, USA, have reviewed (75 references) flaxseed and cardiovascular risk. Abstract:1

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Issue 99

LANDMARK and AURSNES, Institutt for farmakoterapi, Postboks 1065 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, k.h.landmark@labmed.uio.no, have reviewed (31 references) Mercury, fish, fish oil and the risk of heart disease.

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Issue 96

DALLONGEVILLE and colleagues, INSERM U 508, Institut Pasteur de Lille, 1 Rue du Pr Calmette, 59019 Lille Cedex, France, jean.dalongeville@pasteur-lille.fr, have found that fish consumption is asso1

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Issue 96

LEE and LIP, Haemostasis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Unit, University Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK, have reviewed (98 references) the literature on the role of n-3 fatty acids in the prevention of cardiova1

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Issue 96

NAKAO and co-workers, Department of Hygiene and Public Health (EBM Center), School of Medicine, Teikye University, Tokyo, Japan, aaaa-tky@umin.ac.jp, have carried out a meta-analysis of randomized controlled tri1

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