In a message dated 9/1/98 12:27:30 PM EST, [log in to unmask]
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<< McCully was fired from Harvard for his research, but elevated
 homocysteine is now recognized as a signficant independent risk
 factor for CHD.  And elevated homocysteine is a result of
 insufficient folate. >>It has more recently been hypothsized that the
elevation of homocysteine may be  a secondary finding and not a cause of
cardiovascular disease----this material is still being clarified and
conclusions drawn at this point are conjecture and final understanding could
go either way.