The one-third of males with the highest lead levels as measured in the kneecap (bone lead levels as opposed to blood lead levels) compared to the one-third with the lowest lead levels were 42% more likely to die from cardiovascular death during an average follow-up of 8.9 years according to the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study.

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The one-third of males with the highest lead levels as measured in the kneecap (bone lead levels as opposed to blood lead levels) compared to the one-third with the lowest lead levels were 87% more likely to die from ischemic heart disease (reduced blood supply to the heart) during an average follow-up of 8.9 years according to the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study.

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An herbal tea known at "Number Ten" is not effective at causing weight loss in humans according to a new study from Frank Greenway at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. Read the entire article | Email this article