DEAR READER: That's a timely question, because a recent study of chelation therapy has generated a lot of interest and debate. Chelation therapy is used to eliminate metals or other toxins from your ...

The facts and fictions of chelation therapy 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 ...

Chelation Therapy is not new. It has been around for over 40 years. It is a legitimate treatment to remove heavy metals such as lead from the blood. Chelation Therapy has been touted by some to be the ...

People with diabetes who had suffered a heart attack derived no clinical benefit from edetate disodium-based chelation, a therapy that draws lead and other toxic metals linked to increased risk of ...

Chelation therapy is a proven treatment for heavy metal poisoning. It uses substances that bind to heavy metals and help clear them from the body. Some people also claim that chelation therapy may be ...

Although chelation therapy with the drug disodium EDTA has been used for many years with limited evidence of efficacy for the treatment of coronary disease, a randomized trial that included patients ...

A government study raises more questions than answers about the validity of cleansing the body of heavy metals in order to prevent heart disease. Chelation therapy involves infusing the bloodstream ...

For many years, chelation therapy has been a controversial approach to cardiovascular conditions. Some people have embraced it enthusiastically, while most physicians have rejected it emphatically.

Dear Dr. Gott: My husband, 76, has been taking chelation therapy, at $150 a treatment three times a week. He chose this option because an alternative practitioner convinced him that the therapy will ...

Federal health officials on Thursday announced a crackdown on a controversial therapy widely hawked on the Internet and elsewhere as an alternative treatment for conditions such as autism, Alzheimer's ...

—Researchers recently examined how different iron chelation medications—deferoxamine, deferiprone, and deferasirox—impacted iron stores and long-term health in patients with transfusion-dependent ...

In March 1999, ACAM presidents L. Terry Chappell and Ted Rozema shilled for chelation at a hearing of the House Committee on Government Reform, chaired by a powerful "health freedom" ally and veteran ...