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THURSDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Weight-loss supplements widely available for purchase online often include ingredients that are potentially hazardous to your heart, and a new study shows the labels often don't include this warning.
One of the hazardous ingredients that was found in the products has been banned on the U.S. market since 2004, according to study author Dr. Alireza Nazeri, an internist and cardiology research fellow at the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, in Houston.
The study was expected to be presented Thursday at the Heart Rhythm Society's annual meeting, in San Francisco.
Nazeri and his colleagues reviewed the ingredients of 12 different brands of weight-loss supplements. They found the...