Diet Soda May Heighten Risk for Vascular Events (First report of possible link)

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http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/737132

Diet Soda May Heighten Risk for Vascular Events

Allison Gandey

February 9, 2011 (Los Angeles, California) ? Diet soda may not be the healthier alternative many had hoped. A new study suggests that the popular drinks may increase the risk for stroke, myocardial infarction, and vascular death.

"People who had diet soda every day experienced a 61% higher risk of vascular events than those who reported drinking no soda," lead investigator Hannah Gardener, ScD, an epidemiologist from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Florida, told reporters attending a news conference here at the International Stroke Conference.
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Full text available at link with free Medscape account. Known risk factors were taken into account, but authors caution that the study results do not prove cause and effect, just an association at this point.