calcium blockers might increase the risk of cancer
August 1996
The big flap that calcium blockers might increase the risk of cancer has some experts fuming.
Researchers reported TWICE the risk of cancer in patients on calcium blockers as compared to beta-blockers or ACE inhibitors.
This is a serious allegation, so it's important to see where this info comes from. It comes from the SAME data as one of last year's reports about increased risk of heart attack...and this year's report about GI bleeding.
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