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Cocoa shows promise as next wonder drug

Boosts blood flow to heart, brain, and other organs

July 11, 2007

By William J. Cromie

A big problem facing Americans and Europeans is the dangerous rise in blood pressure with age, increasing their risk of heart disease and diabetes. Kuna Indians living off the Caribbean coast of Panama don't have that problem. Norman Hollenberg, a professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School, is convinced that it's because they drink more than five cups of cocoa a day.

 
Staff photo Jon Chase/Harvard News Office
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