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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
NIH NEWS ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, August 19, 2002
Press Contact: NHLBI Communications Office
(301) 496-4236
NIH TO HOLD WORKSHOP ON CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS OF SEVERAL WIDELY USED HERBAL DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS
Metabolife sent a similar letter to the California's Department of Health Service in May 1996. Dec 21 Letter To HHS Metabolife California Letter
Steven Karch, cardiac pathology and cardiac toxicology specialist, Ashraf Mozayani, chief toxicologist and laboratory director in the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office, and Craig Molgaard, professor of preventive medicine at the University of Kansas, issued reports on Metabolife 356 concluding that "there is no demonstrable connection between use of Metabolife 356 and any of the conditions reported by the Health Line callers" and "Health Line reports support a favorable safety profile of Metabolife 356."