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.

Orlando, FL - A placebo-controlled study of chelation therapy in people with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) has found no benefits from the alternative medical therapy, according to a ...

Between 2002 and 2007, use of chelation therapy to treat heart disease and other conditions grew in the United States by nearly 68% to 111,000 people. 1 As of the start of the TACT Study in 2001, it ...

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.

ATLANTA -- Chelation to remove lead and other heavy metals didn't improve outcomes for type 2 diabetes patients after myocardial infarction (MI), the TACT2 trial showed. Cumulative incidence of time ...

The established method for investigating the immediate and short-term risks for a drug, after sufficient animal studies have been completed, is the phase 1 trial, which measures responses to ...

The number of clinicians using IV ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) for profit in our area is proliferating. Claims for conditions that might benefit range from mercury toxicity to ...

TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech ...