http://health-fitness.marc8.com/news-tags/peripheral-vascular-disease The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://health-fitness.marc8.com/nih-trial-assess-chelation-therapy-tact-unethical-s <p>Two occasional HCR bloggers are co-authors of an article published this week:</p> <p><strong><span>Why the NIH Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT) Should Be Abandoned</span></strong><strong><br /></strong>Kimball C. Atwood IV, MD; Elizabeth Woeckner, AB, MA; Robert S. Baratz, MD, DDS, PhD; Wallace I. Sampson, MD<br />Medscape J Med. 2008;10(5):115. ©2008 Medscape<br />Posted 05/13/2008</p> <p><a href="http://health-fitness.marc8.com/nih-trial-assess-chelation-therapy-tact-unethical-s">read more</a></p> http://health-fitness.marc8.com/nih-trial-assess-chelation-therapy-tact-unethical-s#comments Top stories coronary artery disease ethylene diamine national institutes of health nih peripheral vascular disease treatment for coronary artery disease http://health-fitness.marc8.com/crss/node/6393 Fri, 16 May 2008 08:00:00 -0500 admin 6393 at http://health-fitness.marc8.com http://health-fitness.marc8.com/african-americans-have-5-times-higher-amputation-rate <p>(Northwestern University) A new study from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine has found people in African American communities in Chicago have a five times higher rate of lower limb amputations than people in the predominantly white suburbs and exurbs. This starkly contrasts to a declining overall amputation rate in northern Illinois due to improved care for diabetes and peripheral vascular disease. Amputations are the canary in the coal mine for primary care.</p> http://health-fitness.marc8.com/african-americans-have-5-times-higher-amputation-rate#comments Top stories african american communities coal mine feinberg school of medicine limb amputations peripheral vascular disease http://health-fitness.marc8.com/crss/node/5535 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500 admin 5535 at http://health-fitness.marc8.com