Heavy metals are dangerous at high levels, but treatments that remove can also be risky and only benefit certain patients.

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.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Chelation therapy involves IV infusions of an agent that binds to metals such as lead and cadmium and is ...

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People with diabetes who had suffered a heart attack derived no clinical benefit from edetate disodium-based chelation, a therapy that draws lead and other toxic metals linked to increased risk of ...

In March 1999, ACAM presidents L. Terry Chappell and Ted Rozema shilled for chelation at a hearing of the House Committee on Government Reform, chaired by a powerful "health freedom" ally and veteran ...

Elizabeth: Does tranexamic acid help in people undergoing liver resection? Rick: Does chelation therapy help in people who have had a heart attack with diabetes? Elizabeth: What's the rate of ...

Chelation therapy to remove potentially toxic levels of lead from the blood was not associated with a reduction in cardiovascular events in post-myocardial infarction (MI) patients with diabetes in ...

Copper chelation shows promising results in certain lung cancers where cells have two related phenomena: a heightened transcription factor responding to oxidative stress and a diminished level of ...

Almost exactly 20 years ago, British doctor Andrew Wakefield caused a sensation with a now notorious article in a respectable medical journal. The article claimed a link between childhood autism and ...