18 Nov 2013 Blackmores Institute Cm in brief new research from the past fortnight 5 18 Nov 2013 Share Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Pinterest News A fortnightly round-up of promising complementary medicine research for health professionals. Calcium supplementation reduces carotid atherosclerosis A recent Australian study in the Journal of Bone Mineral Research adds to evidence debunking the hypothesis that calcium supplementation increases carotid artery intimal medial thickness in older women finding instead that calcium may in fact reduce this surrogate cardiovascular risk factor × To continue reading this article, please Log In or Sign Up for access.