Green Tea proven beneficial to your heart

Green Tea proven beneficial to your heart


A new green tea study conducted at the Athens Medical School in Greece has shown that the flavonoids in the tea, which act as antioxidants and reduce inflammation, keep blood vessels pliable. So what does this mean for your heart? Flexible, relaxed arteries (blood vessels) can more easily tolerate a person’s constantly changing blood pressure. The cells found within these blood vessels can now easily secrete the material needed to relax the vessels, allowing unrestricted blood flow. The antioxidants found in green tea may also prevent clots, which may ultimately lead to heart attacks.

In a study done in Greece, it was found that subjects who drank green tea had a greater dilation of arteries in the heart when compared to subjects who drank hot water or diluted caffeine. This proved that the results were not due to the small amounts of caffeine found in green tea, because those who drank the diluted caffeine beverage did not show any additional dilation of heart arteries. What is more interesting, those who consumed the green tea beverage still exhibited more dilated arteries after two weeks compared to when they began the study. This study demonstrates that drinking green tea is beneficial, even over time.

Some doctors are not completely convinced, however, that green tea is all it is cracked up to be, since other elements such as vitamins E and C can also aid heart function. One doctor, though he agrees that green tea does have its benefits, feels that people should not assume that by drinking the tea alone, they will be preventing a heart attack or stroke. However, it probably wouldn’t hurt to include it in your heart-healthy diet, along with the other dietary recommendations made by the American Heart Association .

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Drug companies in hot water

Drug companies in hot water

Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. was recently accused of paying academic scientists to take credit for reports that were actually written by Merck employees. Merck’s painkiller Vioxx, which was pulled from the market in 2004 due to stroke and heart risks, is the subject of the two articles at hand. Merck is said to have downplayed the number of deaths in two studies involving Vioxx, and its failure to prevent and/or treat Alzheimer’s disease.

Merck & Co. stands by their statements that these accusations are deceiving and completely false. In addition to that, it was revealed that five of the six authors of the accusing articles were consultants paid by individuals that had sued Merck over problems concerning Vioxx. Merck claims that these reports are prejudiced because all authors were influenced by people who had previously challenged Merck in court, or testified about the risks of Vioxx before the Senate.

Although these accusations are aimed strongly at Merck, other pharmaceutical companies have been identified for claiming that academic scientists had more of a role in the writing of research articles about their drugs. All companies are urged to identify what function each member involved performed in writing such research articles.

When a drug study is initiated, it is necessary to perform the necessary research, evaluate the results, and finally, prepare these results so that they can be printed in a medical publication. If a pharmaceutical company does not want to be accused of releasing altered reports, it is also necessary for them to employ independent scientists for each of those steps, rather than utilizing their own.

One incident which has Merck in hot water involves the failure on their part to report data found after two studies in an accurate and timely manner. In the study, patients that took the drug Vioxx had a higher death rate than those who were given a dummy pill. Merck failed to report the number of deaths resulting from taking Vioxx accurately. Merck denies these claims, stating that the previously mentioned deaths were not a result of the patient taking Vioxx.

In an Alzheimer study published by Merck, the list of authors included several academic scientists who were never before mentioned during the study, when in fact the principal contributors to the study were scientists employed by Merck. Once again, however, Merck denied the claims, stating that all parties listed were personally involved in the studies. Merck did state that they sometimes have external companies brought in to write up studies, but only scientists who read and edit the documents are listed as authors. In an attempt to correct these problems, medical journals are creating stricter rules and policies regarding the articles they publish.

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