High blood homocysteine levels are not linked with coronary heart disease

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 17:00 in Health & Medicine

A comprehensive study in this week's PLoS Medicine shows levels of the amino acid, homocysteine, have no meaningful effect on the risk of developing coronary heart disease, closing the door on the previously suggested benefits of lowering homocysteine with folate acid once and for all.

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