In a 7 year baseline survey and subsequent 18 year follow-up, 8,678 women were studied to determine if multivitamin use reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease death. When multivitamins were used for more than 3 years, women were found to…
Arterial stiffness is a term to describe calcification and biological aging of the artery, oftentimes due to high blood pressure. It is more commonly knows as atherosclerosis, or thickening of the arteries. In a study of 244 postmenopausal women, 180…
A follow-up study was done on 4807 patients who participated in the population-based Rotterdam study. These patients were followed from 1990-2000 and had no history of heart attack at the beginning of the study. In the group with the highest…
In a follow-up of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, 264 patients were observed for an average of 12 years to evaluate the association of magnesium deficiency with risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD). Those individuals within the top…
In a systematic review of the scientific literature, Vitamin D was found to be protective against a wide range of health problems, including: Heart Disease Multiple Sclerosis Cancer Osteoporosis Autoimmune Disease Infectious Disease Bone Fractures and Falls Type 1 and…
Seventy-seven patients with elevated LDL cholesterol and triglycerides were randomly assigned to a control group receiving placebo, two groups receiving orally administered rosuvastatin, a group receiving Bergamot alone orally (1000 mg/daily) and a group receiving Bergamot (1000 mg/daily) plus rosuvastatin…
Eighty men and women with high cholesterol were given a Bergamot-derived extract for 6 months. There was a 20% reduction in LDL, the unhealthy fraction of cholesterol; there was also a 17% decrease in triglycerides. There was a small increase…
Study participants (70,495) were members of a cohort study (the Vitamins and Lifestyle Study) who were residents of Washington State aged 50–76 years at the start of the study (2000–2002). Participants were followed for mortality through 2006 (3,051 deaths). Higher…
