Calcium and heart attacks

By | Mar 7, 2008

A new study casts a shadow on calcium, the essential mineral known to help keep bones strong, hearts healthy and blood pressure controlled. New Zealand researchers report in the journal BMJ that otherwise-healthy, post-menopausal women who took calcium supplements were about twice as likely to suffer a heart attack as those who skipped the supplements. [...]

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