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Issue 78

MAXWELL, Department of Medical Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, UK, s.maxwell@ed.ac.uk, reviewed (22 references) the role of dietary antioxidants and

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KING and colleagues, Australian College of Maharishi Vedic Medicine, New South Wales, reviewed (50 references) research on the use of transcendental meditation (TM) for the treatment and prevention of heart disease

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DAY, Faculty of Nursing, Universal College of Learning, Manawatu Polytechnic, Palmerston North, New Zealand, reviewed (31 references) research indicating that relaxation can help relieve pain and distress in pat1

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ALBERT and colleagues, Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02215-1204, USA, calbert@partners.org, investigated whether low blood levels of <1

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GALE and colleagues, MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK, crg@mrc.soton.ac.uk, investigated a possible relationship between

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DEWAILLY and colleagues, Public Health Research Unit, CHUL Research Centre, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec, Ste-Foy, Canada, eric.dewailly@crchul.ulaval.ca, carried out a study to1

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CHEN and colleagues, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, investigated whether vitamins C and E influenced vascular structure and function1

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HEINECKE, Departments of Medicine and Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA, heinecke@im.wustl.edu, reviewed (44 references) evidence for a r1

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GAYTAN and PRISANT, Section of Cardiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912-3105, USA, reviewed (178 references) available published research data on the efficacy and safety of

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GOLDHAMER and colleagues, Center for Conservative Therapy, Penngrove, California, USA, dracg@att.net, investigated the use of medically supervised, water-only fasting 1

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EGELAND and colleagues, National Health Screening Service, Research Department, P.O. Box 8155, 0033 Oslo, Norway, grace.egeland@isf.uib.no, explored whether cod liver oil (CLO) con1

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RISSANEN and colleagues, Research Institute of Public Health, University of Kuopio, PO Box 1627, FIN-70211, Kuopio, Finland, investigated whether low serum levels of lycopene are associated with increased risk of acute1

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HAIDARI and colleagues, Cardiovascular Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, mhaidari@sickkids.on.ca, investigated whether enhanced susceptibility of low-dens1

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ASHTON and colleagues, School of Biological Chemical Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia, investigated the effects of replacing dietary lean meat with tofu on coronary heart disease (CHD)1

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DURRINGTON and colleagues, University Department of Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK, pdurrington@hq.cmht.nwest.nhs.uk, investigated the safety and 1

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SALONEN and co-workers, Research Institute of Public Health, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland, and Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, jukka.s1

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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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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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