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"Chocolate a sweetheart deal"

Source: The Australian

Published: 16 Aug 2012

Category: Other

Rating: (5 stars)

Keywords: hypertension blood pressure chocolate

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A SPOONFUL of sugar is meant to help the medicine go down, but Australian researchers have proposed a treatment for blood pressure that needs no sugar coating: dark chocolate.

The original article can be found at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/chocolate-a-sweetheart-deal/story-e6frg8y6-1226451278288

how did it rate? (more information)

Criteria	Rating
Total Score	8 of 8
Novelty of Treatment	Satisfactory (?)
Availability of Treatment	Not Applicable
Treatment Options	Satisfactory (?)
Disease Mongering	Satisfactory (?)
Evidence	Satisfactory (?)
Quantification of Benefits of Treatment	Satisfactory (?)
Harms of Treatment	Satisfactory (?)
Costs of Treatment	Satisfactory (?)
Sources of Information	Satisfactory (?)
Relies on Press Release	Not Applicable

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An excellent piece of reporting about a Cochrane review on the benefits of cocoa in people with high blood pressure.

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