Positive Health Online

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EMMERT and KIRCHNER, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Lancaster General Hospital, PA USA. emmert@lancnews.infi.net write that data from the 1970s first suggested that vitamin E may be effective in 1

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LIU and colleagues, Division of Preventive Medicine and Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA 02215 USA. simin.liu@chan1

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ADAMS and colleagues, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison 53792-3248 USA reviews (46 references) the literature regarding how the use of antioxidant vitamins may help to prevent coronary he1

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MOTTRAM and colleagues, Baker Medical Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia write that loss of elasticity in large arteries, called diminished arterial compliance, is an emerging cardiovascular risk factor 1

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CHAPPELL and colleagues, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Guys, Kings, and St Thomas School of Medicine, St Thomas Hospital, London conducted a randomised controlled trial to study the effect o1

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CROUSE and colleagues, Department of Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157 USA jrcrouse@wfubmc.edu  write that isolated soy protein reduces p1

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POGOZHEVA and colleagues, Eastern Europe studied the influence of diet with soy-protein upon clinical and immune indices in patients with ischaemic heart disease and hypertension.

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MARCKMANN and GRONBAEK, Research Department of Human Nutrition, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg, Denmark conducted a prospective review (42 references) of all prospective cohort stu1

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HALBERSTEIN and colleagues, Department of Anthropology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33124-2005 USA reviews the literature (102 references) regarding chronic hypertension throughout the Caribbean area

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MORI and colleagues, Department of Medicine, University of Western Australia, and the West Australian Heart Research Institute, Perth, Australia tmori@cyllene.uwa.edu.au studied the effects of purified eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and d1

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KUCHARSKA and colleagues, Pharmacobiochemical Laboratory of the Medical Faculty, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic studied the relationship of coenzyme Q10 and alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E) concentrations in

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BUSELLI and STUART, Specialist Wellcare Associates for Integrated Health, Boston, Massachusetts USA write that management of the heart attack patients may extend beyond the physiological to include psy1

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SELVAMURTHY and colleagues, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Timparpur, Delhi, India conducted a study on 20 male patients with Essential Hypertension (EH) to explore the role of baroreflex mechanis1

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JOHANSEN and colleagues, Department of Cardiology, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. odd.johansen@ioks.uio.no studied whether omega-3 fatty acids (n-3 FA) reduce the occurrence of restenosis following coronary angioplasty

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SAKAI and colleagues, Department of Epidemiology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan. Baba.epi@mri.tmd.ac.jp studied the relationship between serum vitamin C concentration and blood pressure.

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LUSKIN and colleagues, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Program, Stanford University, California USA conducted a review of the research literature (181 references) regarding complementary and alternative, specifically

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AI and colleagues, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA explored complementary therapies pursued by patients following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and its relation to psychological re1

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WOODSIDE and colleagues, School of Clinical Medicine, The Queens University of Belfast, United Kingdom. p9495754@qub.ac.uk write that mild hyperhomocysteinaemia is considered to be1

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PRASAD and colleagues, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan and Agriculture and Agrifood Canada, Saskatoon write that flaxseed Type I with 51-55% alpha-linolenic acid withi1

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RAJ-KUMAR and colleagues, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard University, Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, India studied, in rabbits, the effect of a new polypharmaceutical herbal formulation upon 1

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