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Science: The bad news about ‘good’ cholesterol
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Space yields the secrets of the heart
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Science: New light on cancer treatment
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Rare orchids handicap golfers
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Tamoxifen trial ‘too soon’
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Fat is a pharmaceutical issue: Every day millions of people turn to diet pills as a last resort. But as drugs companies continue to prey on this desire to be slim, more and more doctors are challenging the chemical fix
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Bad timing puts babies at risk: When carried out in early pregnancy, a minor operation used in diagnosing inherited disease in the fetus has been linked to birth defects
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Chancing your arm on nicotine patches: There is scant evidence to show that patches on their own will help people to stop smoking
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Science: Blood ‘bypass’ may help healing after surgery
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Science: Action replay revives wasted muscle
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