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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Hi!<BR>
The CNN report mentioned below is summarizing a recently published paper [Tachjian A, Maria V, Jahangir A. Use of herbal products and potential interactions in patients with cardiovascular diseases. J Amer Coll Cardiol. 2010;55(6). [DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2009.07.074] that has major flaws and is obviously written by someone who is a specialist in cardiology but certainly has no clue about botany or medicinal plants. <BR>
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You might be interested in a press release by the American Botanical Council regarding the original paper pointing out some of the many mistakes.<BR>
<a href="http://cms.herbalgram.org/press/2010/Response_CardiologyArticle.html">http://cms.herbalgram.org/press/2010/Response_CardiologyArticle.html</a><BR>
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Best wishes,<BR>
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Dr. Andrea Schwarzbach<BR>
Associate Professor<BR>
University of Texas-Brownsville<BR>
Department of Biological Sciences<BR>
80 Fort Brown<BR>
Brownsville, TX 78520<BR>
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On 2/2/10 11:33 AM, "Emanuela Appetiti" <<a href="ceo@medicaltraditions.org">ceo@medicaltraditions.org</a>> wrote:<BR>
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Thought you might be interested in this article about some herbal remedies affecting the activity of heart drugs, appeared today in CNN health:<BR>
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<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/01/moh.healthmag.remedies.avoid/">http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/01/moh.healthmag.remedies.avoid/</a><BR>
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Emanuela Appetiti<BR>
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