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By Maggie Fox, Mar. 29, 2014, NBC News
Women who drink the most diet sodas may also be more likely to
develop heart disease and even to die, according to a new study published
Saturday.
Researchers found women who drank two or more diet drinks a day
were 30 percent more likely to have a heart attack or other cardiovascular
"event," and 50 percent more likely to die, than women who rarely
touch such drinks.
The findings, being presented at a meeting of the American
College of Cardiology, don't suggest that the drinks themselves are killers.
But women who toss back too many diet sodas may be trying to make up for
unhealthy habits, experts say.
"Our study suggests an association between higher diet
drink consumption and mortality," said Dr. Ankur Vyas, a cardiovascular
disease expert at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinic, who led the
study.
"It's
not an extreme risk," he added.
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