9/29/2010 PERMALINK
Blueberries help fight artery hardening, lab animal study indicates. SOURCE : Blueberries may help fight atherosclerosis, also known as hardening of the arteries, according to results of a preliminary US Department of Agriculture-funded study with laboratory mice. The research provides the first direct evidence that blueberries can help prevent harmful plaques or lesions, symptomatic of atherosclerosis, from increasing in size in arteries.