Re: Meta-analysis sup****ts the use of hawthorn in heart failure

Jean wrote:
> Juhana Harju a écrit dans le message
> <5vr0uaF1nssg2U1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>...

>> An authoritative Cochrane review based on a meta-analysis of
>> randomized, double blind, placebo controlled studies sup****ts the
>> use of hawthorn (/Crataegus/) extract in heart failure:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/2s7sg2
>>
>> Free full text PDF is downloadable here:
>>
>>
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/mrwhome/106568753/CD005312.pdf
>
> Extracts from the Hawthorne berry has been in use by medicine for
> over a hundred years. Both in treatment and more recently (50 years+)
> in diagnoses.

There is nothing new for me either. The point in my posting was that the 
evidence of its benefits is getting stronger. Many physicians in
particular 
are very sceptical if there is no solid scientific sup****t backing the 
treatment, which is very understandable of course.

-- 
Juhana

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