dietary nitrate and hypertension

Short-term dietary nitrate supplementation augments cutaneous vasodilatation and reduces mean arterial pressure in healthy humans Jeremy T. Keen a, Erica L. Levitt a, Gary J. Hodges c, Brett J. Wong a b s t r a c tNitrate supplementation in the form of beetroot juice has been shown to increase nitric oxide (NO)where nitrate can be reduced to nitrite and, subsequently,...

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HRT safe and perhaps beneficial in women treated for ovarian cancer, major trial shows

Women with the commonest type of ovarian cancer can safely take hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and it could have a beneficial effect on their survival, a long-term clinical trial reports.The 24-year, phase III international trial provides the strongest evidence yet that women with epithelial ovarian cancer – which accounts for 80-90 per cent of cases – can safely...

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