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.

I. A Brief History of EDTA Chelation for Cardiovascular Disease In its early years the AAMP mounted one of the first "direct-to-consumer" drug advertising campaigns in the form of "An Open Letter to ...

Chelation therapy consists of a series of IV administrations of disodium or calcium ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) mixed with minerals and vitamins. Typically, patients recline in a chair in ...

PORTERSVILLE, Pa., Aug. 26-The death of a five-year-old British autistic boy who went into cardiac arrest after undergoing chelation therapy here has placed the controversial alternative treatment ...

A heart disease treatment called chelation -- that many doctors consider to be "fringe medicine" -- unexpectedly showed some promise in a government-funded study clouded by ethical and scientific ...

The agency warns companies to stop marketing questionable chelation products. Oct. 14, 2010— -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned eight companies to stop marketing over-the-counter ...

Federal health officials on Thursday announced a crackdown on a controversial therapy widely hawked on the Internet and elsewhere as an alternative treatment for conditions such as autism, Alzheimer's ...

What do we do with inconvenient evidence? Imagine studying a seemingly absurd practice that is used to an alarming extent by those who believe in it despite the lack of evidence – and finding that the ...

To read the Internet ads, you’d think that our bodies were awash in “toxins” -- usually unspecified -- and that we should therefore go to dramatic lengths, such as “colon cleansing” and chelation, to ...

The faithful show up at a Florida Board of Medicine committee meeting Friday with testimonials, signs and lots of attitude. After a rowdy meeting interrupted by shouted accusations and insults, a ...