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A new study by Australian researchers has shown that a group of women taking calcium supplements were more prone to heart attacks.

Calcium supplements are occasionally prescribed to post-menopausal women to ensure bone strength but may be having an adverse affect, the study suggests.

Vascular events including heart attack, stroke and sudden death were commonly reported in a group of 1,471 post-menopausal women, some of whom were given a daily calcium supplement.

Carried out over five years, the study revealed that the group taking calcium supplements were much more prone to cardiac incidents.

The researchers, writing in the British Medical Journal, noted: "The present data do not permit definitive conclusions to be reached in this regard but do flag cardiac health as an area of concern in relation to calcium use and mandate that this is assessed carefully in future studies of calcium supplementation."

In related news, the British Heart Foundation recently said that long-standing anxiety can significantly increase the risk of heart attack in men over 60.


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This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 at 3:04 pm and is filed under Heart, Life Insurance.