Meta-analysis supports the use of hawthorn in heart failure

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Juhana Harju - 24 Jan 2008 08:35 GMT

An authoritative Cochrane review based on a meta-analysis of randomized,
double blind, placebo controlled studies supports 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

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Jean - 23 Jan 2008 18:02 GMT

>An authoritative Cochrane review based on a meta-analysis of randomized,
>double blind, placebo controlled studies supports the use of hawthorn
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>Juhana

I don't suppose that you could give a definition of the term
"Meta-analysis".
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.
I use
a compound daily that finds it's origins in the Hawthorne berry ( as a
vaso-dilator).
The fact that the Hawthorne contains a chemical that is a cardiac stimulant
has been
known by medical science for well over a hundred years.

Jean

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D. C. Sessions - 24 Jan 2008 14:05 GMT

> I don't suppose that you could give a definition of the term
> "Meta-analysis".

Combining the results of several prior studies.
Depending on the weights given, the result can sometimes be
illuminating (pulling subtle effects out of the noise) or
deceptive (by weighing positive results more than negative,
for instance.)

As a result, they can be controversial.

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Juhana Harju - 24 Jan 2008 21:15 GMT

> Juhana Harju a écrit dans le message
> <5vr0uaF1nssg2U1@mid.individual.net>...

>> An authoritative Cochrane review based on a meta-analysis of
>> randomized, double blind, placebo controlled studies supports the
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> 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 support backing the
treatment, which is very understandable of course.

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