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Heart Disease In The News Chelation therapy fails in new study Last week at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, doctors from the University of Calgary reported the results of a clinical trial measuring the effectiveness of chelation therapy in patients with coronary artery disease. In this study, designed in collaboration with the American College for Advancement in Medicine (an alternative medicine organization,) 84 patients with heart disease were randomized to two treatment groups. One group received chelation therapy, while the other received placebo therapy with "dummy" injections. The results of the study showed no difference in improvement between the groups, so chelation therapy proved no more effective than placebo. The American College for Advancement in Medicine had pushed the Canadian government to fund this study, in hopes that the government would begin paying for chelation therapy. This result now appears unlikely. |
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