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Sunday, 9 November 2008 at 4:18 pm Posted by smp

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Studies: Vitamin pills don't prevent heart disease (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 12:17 PM CST

AP - Vitamins C and E — pills taken by millions of Americans — do nothing to prevent heart disease in men, one of the largest and longest studies of these supplements has found.

Study: Wider cholesterol drug use may save lives (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 05:36 PM CST

AP - People with low cholesterol and no big risk for heart disease had dramatically lower rates of heart attacks, death and stroke if they took the cholesterol pill Crestor, a large study found.

Music headphones can interfere with heart devices (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 04:08 PM CST

AP - Have a pacemaker or an implanted defibrillator? Don't keep your iPod earbuds in your shirt pocket or draped around your neck — even when they're disconnected. A study finds that some headphones can interfere with heart devices if held very close to them.

Obama reviews Bush orders on stem cells, drilling (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 11:17 AM CST

President-elect Obama answers questions during a news conference in Chicago, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President-elect Obama's transition chief said Sunday the incoming administration is looking to reverse President Bush's executive orders on stem cell research, oil and gas drilling and other matters.

Despite failures, search for anti-obesity drugs still looks golden (AFP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 12:50 AM CST

Designers of anti-obesity drugs have suffered three major setbacks, but the potential reward from treating the world's fat epidemic is so great that their quest is unlikely to be deterred.(AFP/File)AFP - Designers of anti-obesity drugs have suffered three major setbacks, but the potential reward from treating the world's fat epidemic is so great that their quest is unlikely to be deterred.

Heart failure hospitalization rates surge: study (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 01:35 PM CST

Reuters - The number of people 65 or older who are hospitalized for heart failure more than doubled in the past 27 years and is likely to keep climbing unless prevention measures are adopted quickly, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.

Glass implant on tumor helps track cancer in mice (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 12:16 PM CST

Reuters - A technique using a tiny glass window implanted on the skin of a mouse allows scientists to track individual cancer cells as they spread and attack other parts of the body, according to a study published on Sunday. This window could one day play a big role in analyzing how well developmental drugs block cancer from spreading, said Jeffrey Segall, a researcher at the Albert Einstein college of Medicine of Yeshiva University in New York.

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