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Heart disease

References & further reading
Risk factors for heart disease and natural prevention

References

1 Bhatnagar, D., & P. Durrington. 2003. Omega-3 fatty acids: Their role in the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis related risk factors and complications. Int. J. Clin. Pract., 57 (4), 305–314. Review.

   deBree, A., et al. 2004. Evidence for a protective (synergistic?) effect of B-vitamins and omega–3 fatty acids on cardiovascular diseases. EJCN, 58 (5), 732–744. URL: http://www.nature.com/ejcn/journal/v58/n5/full/1601871a.html (accessed 12.14.2006).

   Geleijnse, J., et al. 2002. Blood pressure response to fish oil supplementation: Metaregression analysis of randomized trials. J. Hypertens., 20 (8), 1493–1499.

    Curtis, C., et al. 2000. n-3 Fatty acids specifically modulate catabolic factors involved in articular cartilage degradation. J. Biol. Chem. 275, 721–724.

2 Geerts, S., et al. 2002. Systemic release of endotoxins induced by gentle mastication: association with periodontitis severity.  J. Periodontology, 73 (1) 73–78; URL: American Academy of Periodontology:  http://www.perio.org/consumer/bacteria.htm (accessed 01.04.06).

3 Chiang, N., et al. 2005. Aspirin has a gender-dependent impact on antiinflammatory 15-epi-lipoxin A4 formation. A randomized human trial. Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. Nov 17; [Epub ahead of print].

   Ridker, P., et al. 2005. A randomized trial of low-dose aspirin in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in women. NEJM, 352 (13), 1293–1304.

Further reading

Bazzano, C., et al. 2006. Effect of folic acid supplementation on risk of cardiovascular diseases. JAMA, 296 (22), 2720–2726.


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