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Cocoa compounds have been shown to make blood platelets less sticky and
to relax blood vessels. Can they improve blood flow to the brain?
Garlic has a time-honored reputation for promoting health. One claim,
that it can lower cholesterol, was tested in a rigorous double-blind
trial. How well did it do?
Another look at the Women's Health Initiative finds that hormone
replacement therapy may be less dangerous for younger women. The
People's Pharmacy herb expert, Dr. Tieraona Low Dog, offers suggestions
for menopausal women coping with hot flashes.
The lines are open for calls from listeners at 888-472-3366!
Guests: Ian McDonald, PhD, is Co-Director of the Institute of Clinical
Research and Director of Research for Faculty of Medicine and Health
Sciences at the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. Christopher
Gardner, PhD, is Director of Nutrition Studies, Stanford Prevention
Research Center at Stanford University. “Effect of Raw Garlic vs
Commercial Garlic Supplements on Plasma Lipid Concentrations in Adults
With Moderate Hypercholesterolemia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.”
Archives of Internal Medicine, Feb. 26, 2007.
http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/167/4/346
Tieraona Low Dog, MD, is Director of Education for the Program in
Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, Clinical Assistant
Professor in the Department of Medicine and Clinical Lecturer for the
University of Arizona College of Pharmacy.
Price: $16.00
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