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Mohammed Mahmoud Ibrahim, aged 4, is the 24th human to become infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus strain in Egypt since the disease appeared in the country in 2006, according to the country's Ministry of Health today. On the 8th March, Mohammed, from |
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UC Irvine researchers have combined genetic and geographic data of the H5N1 avian flu virus to reconstruct its history over the past decade. They found that multiple strains of the virus originated in the Chinese province of Guangdong, and they identifie |
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A retrospective analysis of a U.S. managed care database of 80,909 patients showed that those who took Pfizer's cholesterol-lowering medicine LipitorŪ (atorvastatin calcium) had a significant 14 percent reduction in the relative risk of cardiovascula |
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High levels of good cholesterol (high density lipoprotein (HDL)) are associated with protection from cardiovascular disease, which remains the leading cause of death in the United States. But what exactly makes HDL so "good" for us?
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Tall toddlers and rapidly growing teens are likely to find themselves with lower cholesterol, particularly the "bad" type, in later life, suggests research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
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