The treatment is administered by doctors but is generally not covered by insurance. Doctors from the University of Calgary, working with chelation advocates, set out to study the approach in a controlled six-month experiment. Chelation therapy involves administering an artificial amino acid into the veins.
Proponents say the treatment probably works by reducing the damaging effects of oxygen.
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