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Cholesterol has long been seen as a villain for heart health, but our understanding of this beast is changing. New recommendations suggest that risk factors should determine who should receive drugs called statins to lower cholesterol levels, and who shou
Continue reading >>If you're unlucky enough to be stricken with a rare medical condition, you'd better hope your doctor watches the right television show.
Continue reading >>A chemical commonly found in seafood may lead to kidney damage – even at levels considered safe for human consumption, a new study in mice has revealed.
Continue reading >>For the first time, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania were successfully able to take human skin cells and transform them into hair-follicle-generating stem cells. These cells were then transplanted onto mic
Continue reading >>Just as heart attack symptoms may differ between men and women, so do stroke risks.Now, the American Heart Association has issued its first guidelines for preventing strokes in women. They focus on birth control, pregnancy, depression and other risk facto
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