CHELATION THERAPY HAS been around for decades as a treatment for toxic metal poisoning. But, there have also been claims that the therapy could help several other conditions. Experts aren't so sure.

When determining the types of patients to be recruited for the trial, there was concern that the benefits of chelation might not be easily discerned if the participants were too healthy; patients who ...

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ATLANTA, GA—More than a decade after the TACT trial reported an astonishing reduction in cardiovascular events post-MI with heavy metal chelation in a subset of diabetic patients, the TACT2 trial, ...

Chelation therapy to remove potentially toxic levels of lead from the blood was not associated with a reduction in cardiovascular events in post-myocardial infarction (MI) patients with diabetes in ...

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Heavy metals are dangerous at high levels, but treatments that remove can also be risky and only benefit certain patients. Chelation therapy is used to treat acute cases of lead poisoning and other ...

Although suffering from significant imperfections, the TACT trial is a daring step toward a better understanding of how chelation therapy might affect heart disease. It seemed like a crazy notion in ...

Because calcium is a component of atherosclerotic plaque, scientists hypothesized in the 1950s that EDTA might soften arteries by sequestering calcium ions. Other biochemical mechanisms abound, but to ...

Each month, Clinical Advisor makes one new clinical feature available ahead of print. Don’t forget to take the poll. The results will be published in the next month’s issue. Chelation therapy, a type ...