X-Message-Number: 24614 Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 02:15:03 -0700 From: James Swayze <> Subject: Study: Chocolate Improves Vessel Health / FDA - More Studies for http://www.comcast.net/News/HEALTHWELLNESS//XML/1500_Health__medical/db9ace8f-9836-443b-8951-011e7c526a8f.html Study: Chocolate Improves Vessel Health Sun Aug 29, 12:50 AM By EMMA ROSS, AP Medical Writer MUNICH, Germany - There's more good news for chocolate lovers. Scientists have found that eating dark chocolate appears to improve the function of important cells lining the wall of blood vessels for at least three hours.[cont.] -- Excellent! Some good news for those at risk. However, recipes will be needed that maximize the benefit while minimizing the weight gain potential. ------------------- http://www.comcast.net/News/HEALTHWELLNESS//XML/1310_General_financial_business_news/2a1fdeb1-ceed-44d2-b04c-e58dd32efd72.html FDA Panel Urges More Studies of Stroke Med Fri Sep 10, 5:51 PM WILMINGTON, Del. - A U.S. advisory panel on Friday recommended against approving AstraZeneca's new stroke prevention medication, Exanta, citing concerns about the drug's effect on the liver. An advisory panel of physicians, meeting in Bethesda, Md., advised the Food and Drug Administration that more long-term studies are needed to assess the drug's safety, The (Wilmington) News Journal reported..... ......But Ruyi He, an FDA official, told the panel that clinical testing of Exanta raised concerns that the drug could cause severe liver damage. He also raised concerns that patients taking Exanta may have a higher risk of heart attack. AstraZeneca executives have portrayed Exanta as an alternative to the widely prescribed drug warfarin. Both drugs are supposed to reduce the risk of stroke by preventing blood clots.[cont.] -- Is anyone other than I sick and tired of these drugs that have some benefit at the risk of many and some even fatal side effects? Are there no alternatives? Is this really the consequence of our level of chemical science? Will it improve and if so how? I didn't tell too many folks but I was hospitalized last month for a week because of a bad drug reaction that ate my stomach lining and had me puking blood for 12 hours. It was methylprednisolone prescribed for another bad reaction that left me with a head to toe red blister rash and danger of anaphylactic shock from contrast die used in an angiogram on my knee. I'm still recovering. James -- Membership in order of joining - all comments on any subject are solely my opinion only and not reflective of the official positions of the following: Cryonics Institute of Michigan http://www.cryonics.org The Immortalist Society http://www.cryonics.org/info.html The Society for Venturism http://www.venturist.org Immortality Institute http://www.imminst.org Methuselah Foundation http://www.methuselahfoundation.org Methuselah Mouse Prize http://www.methuselahmouse.org [Give $$$ for life!] World Transhumanist Assoc. http://www.transhumanism.org/ WTA Portland Chapter http://home.comcast.net/~swayzej/pdxwta.html MY WEBSITE: http://home.comcast.net/~swayzej/jspage_main.html Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24614