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Heart disease is still the leading cause of death for Americans, but treatment for clogged arteries and hypertension can be controversial.

This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grayden.

A common treatment for heart disease is angioplasty leading to the placement of a

stint in a clogged coronary artery. This can be life saving during a heart attack,

but an unusual study published late last year showed that outside of an emergency

stents are no better than placebo at improving exercise capacity. Dr Steve

Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic explains why this is important. We'll also find out why we all look for

evidence that supports our own views, cardiologists included. Coming up on the

pupils pharmacy, what you should know about controversies in cardiology.

First this news.

In the people's pharmacyacy Health Headlines,

Which weight loss diet works best, low fat or low carb?

That was the question a team of Stanford scientists were striving to answer.

They recruited more than 600 overweight volunteers.

These individuals were randomly assigned to follow either a healthy low fat or a healthy low carbohydrate diet for a year.

The researchers looked at the

volunteers genetic makeup and their insulin secretion to see how those might

interact with the food pattern. At the end of one year people in the low fat arm had lost more than 11 pounds.

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