Fringe therapy may help heart patients, study finds

Chelation therapy, dismissed as 'quackery' by some experts, shows modest benefits for patients who have had heart attacks. But researchers remain cautious, and some cardiologists dubious.A treatment that removes heavy metals from the body has long been touted as an alternative therapy to combat hardening arteries. Now a 10-year, $31-million clinical trial has found that chelation therapy does help heart attack patients slightly reduce their risk of serious heart problems — but not enough for the researchers to encourage mainstream cardiologists to offer it to their patients.

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