Dairy Product Consumption May Not Boost Risk Of Heart Attack & Stroke

  KEEPING OUR READERS INFORMED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATES FROM THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. USA Today (5/9, Diebel) reports that research suggests consumption of “dairy products – even high-fat ones” – may “not increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes.” The findings were published in the European Journal of Epidemiology. CNBC (5/9, Meredith) reports that investigators “analyzed results from 29 different medical studies carried out over the last 35 years, using information based on almost one million participants.” Newsweek (5/9, Osborne) reports that the investigators found “no association between a diet high in dairy produce and the risk of CVD, CHD or death.”