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Research Updates: heart
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Issue 78
ASCHERIO, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA, describes epidemiological studies on dietary fats and coronary heart disease.The results of large prospective epidemiological studies support the 1
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Issue 32
THOMAS and colleagues, Biochemistry Unit, Heart Research Institute, Sydney New South Wales, Australia write that oxidation of low density lipoprotein (LDL) is now regarded as a key early event in atherogenesis, hence e1
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Issue 31
TAVANI and colleagues, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano Italy. tavani@irfmn.mnegri.it write that there are indications suggest that beta-carotene, but not pre-formed vitamin A is protective regarding the risk of acute hea1
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Issue 31
CONNOR and CONNOR, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland USA connors@ohsu.edu. write that omega-3 fatty acids of fish and fish oil have great potential in the prevention and treatment of patients w1
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Issue 31
THOMAS and colleagues, Biochemistry Unit, Heart Research Institute, Sydney New South Wales, Australia write that oxidation of low density lipoprotein (LDL) is now regarded as a key early event in atherogenesis, hence e1
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Issue 31
KJENDAHL and colleagues, Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, Nesoddtangen, Norway published a recent report that acupuncture treatment for stroke patients in the subacute stage provided therapeutic benefit. They conducted1
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Issue 30
CHIU and colleagues, Chiu General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan write that it has been reported that acupuncture can decrease blood pressure in hypertensive patients, possibly via an endocrine mechanism. @m: The authors investigated the 1
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Issue 30
APPELS and colleagues, Department of Medical Psychology Maastricht University, The Netherlands write that restenosis (re-narrowing of the arteries) following successful coronary angioplasty (PTCA) occurs in 25-35% of all PTCA patients.1
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Issue 30
GORINSTEIN and Colleagues, School of Pharmacy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. gorin@cc.huji.ac.il investigated the influence of moderate beer consumption upon lipid metabolism and antioxidant activity in people with coronary artery dis1
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Issue 30
KOHLMEIER and colleagues, Institute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Berlin Germany conducted a multicentre case-control study to study the relationship between antioxidant status and acute heart attack. @m: Cases and matched controls were1
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Issue 28
Fuhrman B et al. Ginger extract consumption reduces plasma cholesterol, inhibits LDL oxidation and attenuates development of atherosclerosis in atherosclerotic, apolipoprotein E-deficient mice. Journal of Nutrition 130(5): 1124-31. May 2000.
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Issue 28
Emmert DH and Kirchner JT. The role of vitamin E in the prevention of heart disease. Archives of Family Medicine 8(6): 537-42. Nov-Dec 1999.
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Issue 28
SOLZBACH and colleagues, Medical Clinic, Department of Cardiology, University of Freiburg, Germany writes that there is evidence for increased formation of free radicals in hypertensive patients, suggesting that nitric oxide (NO) is in1
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Issue 28
DE WAART and colleagues, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands dewaart@medew.hegl.wau.nl write that antioxidant vitamin E may co1
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Issue 28
WOODHOUSE and colleagues, Clinical Gerontology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrookes Hospital UK write that epidemiological research suggests that there is an association between elevated plasma plasminogen act1
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Issue 28
RUIZ-REJON and colleagues, Seccion de Cardiologia, Hospital de Mostoles, Madrid write that heart attack incidence in Spain is low despite the high prevalence of smoking and hypertension. They theorise that natural anti1
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Issue 28
DE LA CRUZ and colleagues, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Malaga, Spain write than evening primrose oil (EPO) is a rich source of omega-6 essential fatty acids. The authors studied in rab1
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Issue 28
CHRISTENSEN and colleagues, Aalborg Sygehus, medicinsk endokrinologisk afdeling, Denmark investigated the effect of dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) upon ventricular arrhythmias and heart rate variability (HRV) in patient1
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Issue 28
HWANG and colleagues, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA HWANGDH@MHS.PBRC.EDU write that contradictory reports regarding protective effect of fish consumption upon risk of cardiovascular disease 1
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Issue 28
TARDIF and colleagues, Department of Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, Quebec Canada write that oxidising metabolites generated at the site of coronary angioplasty induce chain reactions which can lead to res1
